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> Those police officers put her in a bad situation, and it was my honor to help extricate her from the area around the county jail. /me stands and applauds

by pdkl95 9y ago

> Those police officers put her in a bad situation, and it was my honor to help extricate her from the area around the county jail. /me stands and applauds > "THIS IS NOT WHY WE CALLED YOU" The more I think about it, the more I like the model that Michael Wood Jr. has been promoting, "Civilian Led Policing"[1], which attempts to directly fix this impedance mismatch between police goals and community goals. Instead of police being directed an appointed or elected "chief" (that is necessarily entrenched in the usual political brouhaha), the police should be directed by more like a board of directors, with the members selected[2] from the community where the police have jurisdiction. Each local community should be directing how they want to be policed. (It's not quite that simple - I'm simplifying to keep this short. See [1] for a more complete description) [1] http://civilianledpolicing.org/#info http://civilianledpolicing.org/#info [2] Perhaps by something involving a jury-duty style lottery? It needs to be an equitable sample of the community.

taxicabjesus 9y ago
> The more I think about it, the more I like the model that Michael Wood Jr. has been promoting, "Civilian Led Policing"[1], which attempts to directly fix this impedance mismatch between police goals and community goals. Your link has some good ideas. Maybe civilian-led policing would get la policia to stop arresting anyone for anything. How does this address how the criminal justice system has standardized on harmful practices? "war on drugs", punishment for everything, fines for people who can't afford them, etc. Police have a very difficult job thanks to mistakes made by politicians. One of the passengers mentioned here, the one whose family called the police for help... After that episode her doctor helped her become an alcoholic (Xanax); she ended up spending 2 years in prison for her 3rd DUI. She got a case of PTSD, and wasn't able to stay sober for long after her release. She's doing better now, no thanks to the system. America's Make-Work Sheriff: The Anachronism of Joseph Arpaio is about how people are frequently harmed by their interactions with 'justice': http://www.taxiwars.org/2017/09/americas-make-work-sheriff-anachronism.html http://www.taxiwars.org/2017/09/americas-make-work-sheriff-a...

by pdkl95 9y ago

taxicabjesus 9y ago

> The more I think about it, the more I like the model that Michael Wood Jr. has been promoting, "Civilian Led Policing"[1], which attempts to directly fix this impedance mismatch between police goals and community goals. Your link has some good ideas. Maybe civilian-led policing would get la policia to stop arresting anyone for anything. How does this address how the criminal justice system has standardized on harmful practices? "war on drugs", punishment for everything, fines for people who can't afford them, etc. Police have a very difficult job thanks to mistakes made by politicians. One of the passengers mentioned here, the one whose family called the police for help... After that episode her doctor helped her become an alcoholic (Xanax); she ended up spending 2 years in prison for her 3rd DUI. She got a case of PTSD, and wasn't able to stay sober for long after her release. She's doing better now, no thanks to the system. America's Make-Work Sheriff: The Anachronism of Joseph Arpaio is about how people are frequently harmed by their interactions with 'justice': http://www.taxiwars.org/2017/09/americas-make-work-sheriff-anachronism.html http://www.taxiwars.org/2017/09/americas-make-work-sheriff-a...