I wish the movement had approached this differently. We need a professional, competent police force. The problems with police are largely about a lack of profes

I wish the movement had approached this differently. We need a professional, competent police force. The problems with police are largely about a lack of professionalism and consistently applied professional standards. Professional police do a better job. They act consistently (a big part of what "professional" means) and that builds trust which makes them capable of operating in these communities they are consistently failing. The police force keeps growing because we DO need them to do their job, and they keep getting worse at their jobs, so we keep adding more of them. I really like the Peelian Principles [1], I wish that sort of thinking was also part of the conversation. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_principles#The_nine_principles_of_policing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_principles#The_nine_pr...