Precrime is portrayed in the beginning of the movie as this perfect, ideal system. There is no murder, and those who would potentially commit murder are kept in a coma-like state, keeping them from doing harm to anyone. As the movie progresses, however, it becomes clear that pre-crime is not a perfect system. Not only are the precogs mistreated, but there are occasionally glitches in the system that are dismissed as "minority reports". As Tom Cruise proves, however, these minority reports can prove key, murder can still be occurring, and people do have free will and can make the choice not to commit murder. For these reasons, I am under the impression that it would be best not to have precrime in our society. It transforms us into this strange Big Brother-type world where no one has freedom even in their own heads. We're better off without precrime, because we deserve the right to not have our thoughts constantly monitored.
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