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They will always have, they're cops. What changed is the friendlier political climate towards letting it show. With Ken Sim and the ABC having the council in hand, this is a second order effect. That's the "tough on crime" supposed to solve the shortcomings of previous administrations.
OTOH, traffic enforcement cameras get the "let's study this" death sentence, like bike infrastructure tends to have. When the matter is speeding or running red lights, the "tough on crime" energy disappears.
Spending money on infrastructure to prevent pedestrian and cyclist deaths? I sleep.
Spending money on raiding storefronts that sell clean drugs? REAL SHIT