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The author seems to disagree with people who think that increasing police numbers is the only way to reduce crime. There’s no outright statement of disagreement, but the rest of the argument proceeds as though disputing those people’s view. Specifically, the author cites statistical evidence: various cities with similar police-to-population ratios have very different crime rates. This leads to the implied conclusion that boosting police numbers isn’t the only way to lower crime rates.

The statistics cited in the argument are support (i.e. a premise) for the implicit conclusion that it is not the case that increasing police numbers is the only way to solve crime.

Like (B), the author never takes a stance on whether or not police numbers need to be increased. The argument doesn’t do this, and nor does any part of it.

Like (A), the author never offers a suggestion on whether police numbers should or shouldn’t be increased, in major cities or anywhere else. This isn’t in the argument at all.

The author doesn’t say anything about whether other factors are more important than the number of police in reducing crime. The argument is just meant to suggest that other factors make a difference, not say which is most important.

The author never denies that police numbers make a difference to crime rates, just that they’re the single, only factor. The statistics suggest that something else might also contribute to lowering crime rates, not that police numbers are irrelevant.

This correctly identifies that the statistics act as a premise to support the conclusion that factors other than police numbers could help to address crime.

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