So you'd prefer to spend more money after the fact cleaning up a messier situation?
And it's not like paying informants in one manner or another isn't already happening.
Frame it any way you wish. It`s despicable for tax payers to pay for crap like this. Whether it`s "recreation" for the little thugs to keep them out of trouble, or paying them to snitch, not my place to be forced to pay. You want to pay,? Pony right on up.