It is rather proven that no matter how much $ you throw at a situation it doesn't fix a thing. Somehow we've gotten to a place where we think having more police means less crime. We will never have a Minority Report force, so how do we get all parties on board to fight crime. Why don't we force our elected officials to sit in a room and come back with real solutions versus militarizing police, more jails, longer sentences, etc.
I think an earnest effort needs to be made to study how young people decide to live of life of abiding the law and some go the other direction. Studies that combat recidivism, etc.