This is important to the passage because Socrates never wants to leave even though he has done nothing wrong. Crito only wants him because he is a dear friend. Socrates thinks that the law is always right and that one should never disobey the law. In this century, everyone thinks that law enforcement is wrong and should stop being corrupt. There are some corrupt government and police officials out there, but overall the system we have works well. Law enforcement gets into trouble for every little thing they do, but they have every reason to do so. Sometimes they take it to the extreme but they are just doing their job and as Socrates says: “I appreciate it