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Man, this shit is depressing to read as someone who just joined LE and sees mostly people who really want to help victims.
by donkeyd 5y ago
Man, this shit is depressing to read as someone who just joined LE and sees mostly people who really want to help victims.
- Fnoord 5y agoBetter get used to it; the police receive a lot of flak, left and right. Sometimes warranted, sometimes not. The are also people in who's interest it is that the population distrusts the police. Crooks, obviously. But also conspiracy theorists, foreign agents, etc. The trick is to still listen to constructive criticism while listening and empathizing to negative criticism. As you said, limited manpower, expertise, time, and budget are an issue for law enforcement. Not just for US law enforcement. For law enforcement world-wide.
- skrtskrt 5y agoPolice departments in major American cities have bigger budgets than almost every other country's military. Police officers earnings often rank in the top 1% of their communities. Compare your city's police budget with their investments in communities and education and services - things that can actually make lives better and prevent the economic desperation that leads to crime. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and police are the very inefficient, violent cure.
- anonymousab 5y agoProblem is, the truth of the matter varies a lot by country, region, city, precinct and by the people themselves. There are police departments out there that are a valued contributor to the community, and there are some departments that seem to exist wholly to extract money and pain from the citizenry. One bad apple spoils the bunch, unfortunately. I think an order of magnitude (or three) increase in independent accountability of police across the board is the only way you'll see the trust start to rebuild, but certain organizations seem dead set against letting that ever happen.