[Mexico] Disarm the police, crime goes down / The Argus, 28 Jan 2007
"THEY say law enforcement in a Mexican border town isnt childs play. Cops in Tijuana are now using slingshots to ward off drug dealers, kidnappers, thieves, murderers and other bad hombres. Some of the officers rely on marbles for ammo; others may have to use rocks. According to the Mexican media, some members of the 2,300-officer Tijuana police department have recently apprehended suspects using nothing more than baseball bats. [..] Everywhere you go people say that, ironically, theyve never felt safer. Murders are down. Kidnappings are down. Overall incidents of crime in Tijuana are down 14 percent since the cops were disarmed."