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I can think of other ways: "For example, one recent analysis of 911 calls across eight cities in the country found that 23 to 39 percent were for low-priority or non-urgent issues like noise complaints." https://www.vox.com/2021/4/14/22374196/calling-the-police-vi...

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Noise complaints can potentially escalate into future violence if an authority doesn't make a call. I'm also not sure what you mean by other ways. The number of new recruits keeps shrinking year after year and the number of retiring officers keeps growing.

I just don't see another alternative from mass surveillance unless you have a homogenous, group first population like Japan.

Japan doesn't have crime because the police are super involved in the communities they patrol, not because they're homogeneous

Police in the US don't even live in communities they patrol

It’s both, but it’s mainly due to the culture of putting the group ahead of the individual, respecting authority, and with a homogeneous population that makes it possible. The downside is that same culture tends to be more on the xenophobic side if you ever decide to stay in Japan.

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