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The police are part of a society, with it's culture, values, principles and so on. You can not divorce it from that and expect to take the principles of one cou
by trabant00 3y ago
The police are part of a society, with it's culture, values, principles and so on. You can not divorce it from that and expect to take the principles of one country at a certain time and apply it to another country at a different time. Having unarmed police for example in a place where drivers pull guns when they are stopped for a broken signal is not really a recipe for success.
The police is a reactionary force by definition. They can not change the society, like education. The police are also recruited from regular citizens. You can not expect higher standards as there is no mythical perfect citizens pool to draw from. You still get them from the swamp, if that's what your society is.
- AnimalMuppet 3y agoWell, you should still try to get the best of the swamp. They won't be perfect. They're still human. But they should still be some of the best humans you can find.
- trabant00 3y agoThe best you can find that are willing to join given salaries, working conditions, job satisfaction, public image of the job, etc.
- crimsoneer 3y agoWhich is rather worrying considering the starting salary of a UK police officer has shrunk rather considerably in the last decade, as has general public trust in policing. Eg, in 2010 or so a cop in London would expect to start on ~30k, and that's pretty much where it is today.