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I think these are complicated issues, and I am not sure what the best path forward is. Changes to oversight and immunity policies would likely improve outcomes
by nfw2 6y ago
I think these are complicated issues, and I am not sure what the best path forward is. Changes to oversight and immunity policies would likely improve outcomes. I think solving the issues that lead to inequity and crime would indirectly have a positive impact on police behavior.
Diverting some police responsibilities to social workers seems like a good idea in general. I don't know if it would be effective in preventing the tragedies we see constantly across our country. These all generally happen in the process of an arrest, which seems like a responsibility that would need to be retained by officers in a system where the responsibilies are split.
- nemo44x 6y agoI’m curious about this social worker idea. My mother was one and her job had her working mainly in poor neighborhoods. She was tasked with going into homes, speaking with people, and determining if the children there were in a safe environment. If it was judged it wasn’t safe, then they would remove the children. As you can imagine this was a fairly dangerous job at times. Almost every time they had to make a removal the police would need to be called to assist. Even getting into the homes they’d need police sometimes as they’d be threatened and intimidated. She eventually left that role to work with elderly people in need.