[wil421]

No he means crime will dramatically decrease and surveillance will increase. I’d be inclined to agree.

[falcor84]

D'oh, I suppose I just have some default mental schema that processed the sentence assuming "former" before "latter".

[generalizations]

Yeah, figured that making it hard to parse would make it more likely people were thoughtful about their replies. In this climate, it's likely to attract a flamewar if I just spell it out.