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The whole chain of events that led to this advice is so sad. Rest in peace Sarah. My view is that undercover police should have a surveillance only role. Arres
by type_Ben_struct 5y ago
The whole chain of events that led to this advice is so sad. Rest in peace Sarah.
My view is that undercover police should have a surveillance only role. Arresting or even approaching members of the public should be reserved for uniformed officers.
- wackro 5y agoI think the state of the police force at the moment is very much all hands on deck. Would be very expensive to have a large part of the force unable to act.
- danenania 5y agoSome sort of smartphone app to scan and verify badges via a PKI might be the best solution. There isn't much to stop someone with bad intentions from impersonating an officer, uniformed or not. Every non-emergency police encounter should begin with validation.
- orwin 5y agoArresting yes, but approaching and stopping IF necessary (and that mean justifying it in the report) the public should be OK. In the first world countries, we need classes to learn how to deal with state force/judicial power. I usually read a lot about "teach economics to poor famillies", but we would be better served if we understood the law and our right before 30.