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He is not talking about today's Saint Louis PD. If he joined the force in 1994 and was there for 5 years, he's recounting events that happened 17 or more years
by whyenot 11y ago
He is not talking about today's Saint Louis PD. If he joined the force in 1994 and was there for 5 years, he's recounting events that happened 17 or more years ago. A lot can change in (almost) two decades -- or not change, of course.
- michaelbuddy 11y agoAlso that same time St. Louis PD just getting over the era of peak of violent crime, which St. Louis was very much affected. Those were not good days. Things are better, but that doesn't mean we dont' need cops around here doing all kinds of different tactics to maintain order. Some people think that their peers are going to be well behaved in all cases if only they have their basic needs handled. That's very much not the case. And criminals are just as diverse in thinking as normal people. Meaning some criminals are scared to get caught, others are ready to fight, others NEED to be intimidated or they will escalate to worse and worse. And some escalate no matter what you do. Cops deal with all these people. And once you meet them day after day and see what they are capable of, you grow a lot of different types of muscles and mental street smarts and tactics to handle and combat them.