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The chances that they will be there in time to catch the perpetrator as they're fleeing, or to take care of you as you are processing the event is larger. But
by tinco 4y ago
The chances that they will be there in time to catch the perpetrator as they're fleeing, or to take care of you as you are processing the event is larger.
But more importantly, they will feel less stressed knowing backup is nearby, they will have more time to process and investigate and take care of the victims.
As the saying goes, happy police, happy polis.
- scarface74 4y agoHow pervasive would police have to be for them to catch a person “fleeing” from a house in the middle of the night in a city of even 200K people? The most police ever do is take a statement so you can file an insurance claim. Which isn’t bad. It is just stuff. But if I’m in the house, that’s a different story. I’m much more concerned about police targeting me because I as Black person am “suspiciously” walking to the pool in my own neighborhood where the city is less than 4% Black. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/28/ving-rhames-police-gunpoint-home https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/28/ving-rhames-... I’ve never once thought “I have an issue. Let me calm the police and have to deal with the ‘justice’ system”. Now I just have more problems
- tinco 4y agoI'm sorry that's the way it is, and I would never suggest more police is the whole solution, just a small part of it. The kind of person who can't tell a dangerous person from a person walking to their neighborhood pool regardless of skin color should have never been allowed to be police in the first place.