The policeman isn't there to create disorder; the policeman is there to preserve disorder.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker asserts that police maintain existing disorder rather than create it.
- In plain terms
- Police exist to preserve disorder.
- What can you take from it?
- Police may maintain systemic issues instead of fixing them.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does policing solve or sustain problems?
Another view
It redefines preservation as causing disorder, which is debatable.
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