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I’m a Black Police Officer. Here’s How to Change the System

• mariuolo 6y ago
  Paywall.
  • lioeters 6y ago
    https://outline.com/ZEkhYF https://outline.com/ZEkhYF
• peter_d_sherman 6y ago
  >"Police academies must change, too. Police are taught that the enemy is “out there.” When they arrive at work with that mind-set, they don’t know who wants them in the community, and who wants to kill them. It’s no different than troops in Afghanistan or Iraq. We are patrolling the streets of our own cities as an occupying force. Our training also focuses on worst-case scenarios: how to arrest someone, how to fight, how to use a weapon. Instead, it should emphasize preventing escalation. Once you get to the point where you are having to fight, you’ve already lost. The question after a shooting by the police should not be “Was it legal?” but rather “Was it necessary?”" Opinion: Promote this man (David Hughes) to Chief Of Police. He is very, very wise! He totally understands the tremendous, tremendous responsibility of what it is to be a Police Officer! He gets it! Article favorited.
  • js2 6y ago
    Read about Daytona Beach police chief Mike Chitwood in this piece: https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/2017/investigations/florida-police-shootings/why-cops-shoot/ https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/2017/investigations/f...