Sally: Because I can make a difference.
Dick: I'm sorry, Lieutenant, but I forbid it.
Sally: Why?
Dick: Because you will make a difference. Say you clean up Rutherford. What's next?
Sally: Cleveland.
Dick: Exactly. Then you clean up Ohio.
Sally: That's the plan.
Dick: Soon, the entire Midwest is crime-free. What's going to happen to all those people whose income depends on crime? The lawyers, the insurance companies, the 11:00 news? Hell, the entire FOX network? There are worldwide implications here. And we're not supposed to interfere with life on this planet.