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I think the 'federated' part of your comment is being far overlooked. In the US, police forces are local and independent in much the same way that DAs are. Hen
by washadjeffmad 10y ago
I think the 'federated' part of your comment is being far overlooked.
In the US, police forces are local and independent in much the same way that DAs are. Hence, there's not really a way at a federal or even state level to correct the prosecutorial/enforcement dynamic that's driving a lot of the problems.
Outside of merging precincts to create larger areas of oversight, training, and policy parity, it's a really hard sell to make to all of the thousands of police organizations independently and pretty difficult to monitor and enforce.
I don't even think police unions, as effective as they are at organizing internal activities, would be successful in getting blanket reforms to stick. The changes, as currently structured, have got to be from within.