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Someone I know wanted to take apart an old car I had for a project to take parts he needed. When I declined he came back when nobody was home and tried to cut t

Someone I know wanted to take apart an old car I had for a project to take parts he needed. When I declined he came back when nobody was home and tried to cut the parts out in a hurry, damaging a lot of the engine and smashing both headlights for fun. I filed a police report and even gave them a name, address, and phone number. There was no doubt in anyones mind who had committed the crime, but because Police work in a small town must be so difficult nothing ever happened. No phone calls, no follow-ups, no consequences. Makes me wonder if the police only take action in personal loss cases when the person losing is a business. They'll send three cruisers and half a dozen cops to a shoplifting incident at a grocery store with an impoverished perp, but if there's going to be any kind of he-said-she-said and nobody's dead or injured you're on your own. I believe that policing in the United States is becoming more and more a method for controlling the masses rather than means to an end.

busterarm 9y ago
Policing, since the very beginning of its history, has only ever been about controlling the masses.
- gowld 9y ago
  Not "only". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_principles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_principles
  - Someone1234 9y ago
    And it actually works. Police in the UK are far from perfect, but they definitely feel a lot closer to part of the community than elsewhere. When you see those videos of a police officer dancing or getting involved in the activity they're protecting, it isn't uncommon for it to be British police officers doing it. Unfortunately they're under-funded and given too much paperwork, but regardless other police around the world could pick up Peelian as a way forward. It is definitely quite different from an "Us Vs. Them" attitude though.
gowld 9y ago
In the USA, government policing was created to oppress Blacks. http://plsonline.eku.edu/insidelook/brief-history-slavery-and-origins-american-policing http://plsonline.eku.edu/insidelook/brief-history-slavery-an...
mrguyorama 9y ago
It's laziness. The fact that police forces get to manage their own tasking precludes anything difficult from ever getting done unless it looks really good

busterarm 9y ago

Policing, since the very beginning of its history, has only ever been about controlling the masses.

gowld 9y ago
Not "only". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_principles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_principles
- Someone1234 9y ago
  And it actually works. Police in the UK are far from perfect, but they definitely feel a lot closer to part of the community than elsewhere. When you see those videos of a police officer dancing or getting involved in the activity they're protecting, it isn't uncommon for it to be British police officers doing it. Unfortunately they're under-funded and given too much paperwork, but regardless other police around the world could pick up Peelian as a way forward. It is definitely quite different from an "Us Vs. Them" attitude though.

gowld 9y ago

In the USA, government policing was created to oppress Blacks. http://plsonline.eku.edu/insidelook/brief-history-slavery-and-origins-american-policing http://plsonline.eku.edu/insidelook/brief-history-slavery-an...

mrguyorama 9y ago

It's laziness. The fact that police forces get to manage their own tasking precludes anything difficult from ever getting done unless it looks really good