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The question is not only about how "bad apples" are handled, but also what techniques are taught, what kind of leadership is given. If you stick cops in heavil

The question is not only about how "bad apples" are handled, but also what techniques are taught, what kind of leadership is given. If you stick cops in heavily protected gear this gives them stronger feelings. If you have a President (who isn't directly responsible for police) cheering to be "tough" ("Like when you guys put somebody in the car and you’re protecting their head, you know, the way you put their hand over? Like, don’t hit their head and they’ve just killed somebody — don’t hit their head. I said, you can take the hand away, okay?" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/07/28/trumps-speech-encouraging-police-to-be-rough-annotated/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/07/28/t...) and then not have a leadership promoting other values you encourage to be like the "bad apple" not like the good apple. If you then also often have cops alone on duty or with fixed partners, thus no rotation you have less internal checking. If you are then also in a country where the police officers have to assume that the citizen they pulled over might be armed you certainly don't help them to relax. The list goes on - true, most cops certainly want to be good, but there are systematic issues emporing the bad ones.

chithanh 6y ago
> The list goes on - true, most cops certainly want to be good, but there are systematic issues emporing the bad ones. No, I would say that most cops will follow whatever the culture is in their organization. If the culture is rotten, then they do bad things.
- johannes1234321 6y ago
  Yes, the culture has an impact, but do people these days become cops to be on the "bad" side or for being the "good" cop? I hope it's still the later. But maybe I am wrong. Important is: Culture and leadership matters. Whatever is encouraged by culture and leadership will flourish.

chithanh 6y ago

> The list goes on - true, most cops certainly want to be good, but there are systematic issues emporing the bad ones. No, I would say that most cops will follow whatever the culture is in their organization. If the culture is rotten, then they do bad things.

johannes1234321 6y ago
Yes, the culture has an impact, but do people these days become cops to be on the "bad" side or for being the "good" cop? I hope it's still the later. But maybe I am wrong. Important is: Culture and leadership matters. Whatever is encouraged by culture and leadership will flourish.