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> I can imagine a situation where a victim doesn't want to go to the police, and that is their call. I'm not sure it is Urber's job to do it for them. I don't
by shakna 7y ago
> I can imagine a situation where a victim doesn't want to go to the police, and that is their call. I'm not sure it is Urber's job to do it for them.
I don't think Uber or any company should be making a decision whether to or not - reporting should always be mandatory. Especially if anyone may be in danger.
The company does not have, or cannot be expected to have, the training or knowledge to make the call whether or not there is a problem. That should be passed on to the people have the knowledge to make that call, and that training is part of their job.
The police are the ones who get to look at the report and decide if something is worth investigating, and whether there is enough evidence, or what even is evidence, to lay charges.
The best way to remain impartial and not endanger the company, is for the company not to make the call.
- chrisseaton 7y agoI'm not so sure - reporting things to the police without thought seems to end up with getting people killed in parts of the US.
- GhostVII 7y agoHow many examples to you have of someone being killed after filing a police report?
- chrisseaton 7y agoThere's tons of stories from the last few years about police being called when not required to situations, and it turning lethal.
- reaperducer 7y agoPolice responding to a 911 call, and a company filing a police report are not the same thing. Not even remotely.
- chrisseaton 7y agoCould the police possibly visit your house based on that report at some point in the future to ask some questions, carrying guns? For some people, that's potentially lethal situation. There are so many reports of random things police do when they turn up and some dog barks or something and it ends up with a hail of gunfire for some reason.
- GhostVII 7y agoSounds like you are just trying to find excuses to insert your distrust of police into discussions where it isn't at all relevant.
- behringer 7y agoSounds to me like you're ignoring the reality of the situation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killings_by_law_enforc... If you want an example, February 2019 had a couple incidents of cops showing up to a non-emergency and killing someone.
- imtringued 7y agoI don't care if the police officers were lying or not, you just showed me an absolutely shocking number of people resisting against police with their firearms. I'm sure many innocent people were killed by the police in the USA but the number of guilty people is even bigger. If you have to build a law enforcement system that absolutely has to be able to deal with armed criminals then the end result is that violence escalates even when it could be avoided. You won't find meaningful gains in changing the behavior of the officers in such a society.
- ceejayoz 7y agoOne pretty prominent case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Wichita_swatting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Wichita_swatting
- shakna 7y agoI'm aware US police have an inflammatory history and culture in responding to priority emergency calls, but that isn't a police report. Reports take time, and pass through a bunch of proceedings before any action is taken - the first usually being a sit-down interview with the victim, if any action is chosen to be taken.
- JetSpiegel 7y ago> I don't think Uber or any company should be making a decision whether to or not - reporting should always be mandatory. Especially if anyone may be in danger. See also the Catholic sexual abuse scandals, it's the exact same situation.