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> This is an extremely reductive and strange quote to me. If you really believe this, I suggest you do a ride-along with a police officer someday. Spend a few h
by Judgmentality 6y ago
> This is an extremely reductive and strange quote to me. If you really believe this, I suggest you do a ride-along with a police officer someday. Spend a few hours with them. You'll find out first hand what they are asked to do.
It's possible the police behave differently when they have someone there to observe them than when they don't.
- ed25519FUUU 6y agoYou can remove all speculation from your mind about what police officers do during the day by simply requesting a ride with them. If the stakes are high what do you have to lose? You might be surprised at the types of calls they respond to. We ask police to crawl through the sewers of our society and then complain that they smell like crap.
- content_sesh 6y agoYou're missing the point, which is the cop you ride along with may behave differently if he or she knows there is someone (you) observing them. This isn't pure speculation - a study by Rialto PD showed use of body worn cameras reduced use-of-force incidents by 59% [1] [1] https://bja.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh186/files/media/document/14-005_report_body_worn_cameras.pdf https://bja.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh186/files/media/docu...