One hand adds 100 jobs and the other hand takes 200 in widespread cuts to the state budget. And from where exactly will the police get the funding to buy bugging devices? The criminals don't have such problems. They have the money for satellite telephones, fast cars and fortified houses.

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We reached the conclusion that if we didn't change our approach and go after them seriously, they would continue to make a joke out of us.

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That's an investment that assures the highest return. If you don't return a juvenile criminal to his studies or the workplace, you can be assured that in a few years you'll have a high-level criminal.

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Every delay comes at our expense. There is no vacuum in serious crime. The No. 1 is assassinated, the No. 2 immediately takes his place. We must act before the substitute accumulates strength. Afterward, it's too late.

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A dangerous criminal sitting in jail is one less dangerous criminal in the street.

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The witness protection plan should have been approved 10 years ago already, and the necessary money should have been allotted.

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