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What does it mean?
Giuliani argues that law enforcement needs better organization to match the structure of criminal organizations.
In plain terms
Police should be as well organized as the criminals they fight.
What can you take from it?
Match organizational efficiency to that of the opposition.

Where it applies

  • policy making
  • law enforcement reform
  • public safety

Putting it to work

  • upgrade police resources
  • study criminal structures

Questions to consider

  • How should police be organized?
  • What makes crime organized?

Another view

It simplifies the difference between criminal and legal organizations.

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