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> If the US police force uniquely has these qualities, it seems prudent to reorganise it. Part of the problem is that there is no "US police force" to overhaul
by t-3 4y ago
> If the US police force uniquely has these qualities, it seems prudent to reorganise it.
Part of the problem is that there is no "US police force" to overhaul. There are federal police (FBI, DEA, ATF, ICE, TSA, etc), state police, county police, local police, sheriffs, military police, special task forces and more. Reforming any one group is a big job, reforming the whole system is borderline impossible without a revolution or something.
- runnerup 4y agoSpecifically, there are 18,000 police jurisdictions in the USA. Each “police force” has completely separate management and reports to a different authority body (most are “ruled” by the government of a city). No one body oversees these 18,000 different police forces.
- anigbrowl 4y agoThe sheer number of autonomous jurisdictions in the US is a Bad Thing. It's ended up as meth labs of democracy.