As in Athens, the right to participate was restricted to men, just as it was also in all later democracies and republics until the twentieth century.
A lot of cop shows, because they have the restraints of having a new case every episode, the victims often become these kind of nameless, faceless plot points, and as an audience we don't feel anything for those people.
Our men and women in uniform deserve the best intelligence possible to help them protect America.