Can town-office patrols help to reduce crime around US bases?

posted by  Yubi | 9 years ago

Local government officers of Okinawa are going to patrol around the US camp there, after the recent increase of crime related to the Marines.

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/new...

Do you think this will work? Why are they using non-law enforcement workers for this?