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Yes, police should not be the welfare patrol. However they are, because they are out and about and often would be the nearest public authority to respond to suc
by throwawayboise 5y ago
Yes, police should not be the welfare patrol. However they are, because they are out and about and often would be the nearest public authority to respond to such a need, and governments don't want to fund the social programs that they legislate. It's the same reason teachers are imposed upon to be defacto child-welfare social workers.
Police should enforce the law/investigate crimes.
Teachers should teach.
If we're going to have social welfare programs, we need to provide personnel to do that work, not pile it upon other professions as an unwanted secondary responsibility.
- zepto 5y ago> we need to provide personnel to do that work, not pile it upon other professions as an unwanted secondary responsibility There could be police who want it as a responsibility as long as they are trained and compensated. That is another possibility.
- rapjr9 5y agoWe can do what we want with our own money, we don't have wait for politicians to allocate it. Give directly to causes that help people. People have the money (power)! Tax yourself! Fund social programs that replace this function of policing directly. If government does not work we can route around it. Create Kickstarters for good causes.