.THERE ARE crimes, Kamala Harris once wrote, and after that there are actually "criminal activity problems". As a prosecutor from 1990 to 2004, Ms Harris billed suspects one at a time. However as the district legal representative (DA) of San Francisco, from 2004 to 2010, as well as attorney-general of California, coming from 2011 to 2017, she considered the larger image: unlawful act deterrence, public safety as well as social sickness. In her presidential project she is actually playing up both parts of her CV. Because entering into national politics in 2016 she has actually called herself both a "top police officer" and a "modern district attorney". Which is it?