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It's pretty clear that cops are staging a slowdown strike. They are one of the few industries where they get more money when their KPIs go south.
by aristus 3y ago
It's pretty clear that cops are staging a slowdown strike. They are one of the few industries where they get more money when their KPIs go south.
- prepend 3y agoI think pretty much all essential/monopoly/government industries get more money when kpis go south- health, education, sanitation, etc. Pretty much all essential services get more funding when kpis go south. And I think that’s usually because lack of resources make kpis go south. Take a great teacher with 20 kids in their class. Make the class size 40 and KPIs will go down. Does that teacher become bad?
- aristus 3y agoUsually because of lack of resources, perhaps. But that's not what's happening here with cops. It's deliberate.
- prepend 3y agoHow can you tell the cops are deliberate and the teachers aren’t?
- aristus 3y agoCops don't have their budgets systematically cut. Quite the opposite.
- aristus 3y agoOr their unions demonized, or their pensions threatened, or their training examined, or their political leanings questioned, etc etc.
- voltaireodactyl 3y agoAgreed, you’ve got it exactly. Their union is not demonized, but accurately described as the largest and most dangerous obstacle to actual police reform. Their pensions have never been in question in my lifetime, not even as a source of funds for the endless successful lawsuits against them. Their steadfast refusal to allow insight into statistics re office involved shootings means their training cannot be properly examined, nor altered in response to data. And the political leanings of the police as a whole remain unquestionably conservative. Glad to see others speaking up!
- andromeduck 3y agoThey did in some cities.
- prepend 3y agoCertainly they have. Also, it’s kind of a catch22 because if a police department is bad wouldn’t you systematically cut their budget?
- rossdavidh 3y agoI think just about every industry gets more money when their KPIs go south, but in anything government-related (typically a natural monopoly) it all goes to one organization. Another example on the opposite end of the spectrum is that NASA did such a good job in the late 60's and early 70's of getting humans to the moon (a feat still never matched) that their budget was cut massively. Government problems attract money, solved problems result in budget cuts, it's an almost inevitable result. That being said, you're not wrong that there is a severe morale problem among American police officers. I'm not sure we have the knowledge to figure out the solution, at this point. I suspect we are seeing the beginnings of something similar in public education.
- bugglebeetle 3y agoIt’s not a slowdown strike, it’s gangland extortion. The mob is also famous for demanding “protection” money, where what they’re “protecting” you from is themselves and little else.
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