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If I was the cops, I would start a skunk works style database of recurring offenders, arrests, judicial decisions and outcomes. Once you have a good number of

If I was the cops, I would start a skunk works style database of recurring offenders, arrests, judicial decisions and outcomes. Once you have a good number of smoking-gun cases of repeat violent offenders due to DA inaction, then leak it to the media. Name and shame the DA, make sure the voters / people in power know where the weak link is and give them a better alternative. Cops get apathetic because their arrests have no effect, but the paperwork can be useful to solve the fundamental problem.

mensetmanusman 3y ago
The people that might put in unpaid extra sweat and tears to do that have been scared away from the profession due to media storms that occur on those 1 in 1000 poor interactions that are filmed on 3 hours of sleep.
- meinmissoula 3y ago
  This seems like a concerning level of charity being given to cops who ruin people's lives. Would you accept a world in which "1 in 1000" planes crashed because the pilot was on 3 hours of sleep? There should be a media storm every time a police officer abuses someone, we should all collectively be outraged. A functioning society has to start with the front-line enforcers being responsible and trustworthy.
  - mensetmanusman 3y ago
    Planes are about 1 in 10,000,000 in terms of accidents. There are about 1,000,000 police, so I guess 2 bad police events per month would be equivalent?
  - brutusborn 3y ago
    He’s not being charitable to cops who abuse their power, he’s pointing out that good cops receive backlash due to the actions of bad cops. Being outraged at cases of abuse doesn’t mean you have to stop empathising with the difficult job that most cops have. Reminds me of this quote: “almost everything in the world is broken and almost no one is evil.” Don’t let your anger at evil people make you reflexively think badly of their colleagues. Focus on your love of humanity rather than your hatred of authority.

mensetmanusman 3y ago

The people that might put in unpaid extra sweat and tears to do that have been scared away from the profession due to media storms that occur on those 1 in 1000 poor interactions that are filmed on 3 hours of sleep.

meinmissoula 3y ago
This seems like a concerning level of charity being given to cops who ruin people's lives. Would you accept a world in which "1 in 1000" planes crashed because the pilot was on 3 hours of sleep? There should be a media storm every time a police officer abuses someone, we should all collectively be outraged. A functioning society has to start with the front-line enforcers being responsible and trustworthy.
- mensetmanusman 3y ago
  Planes are about 1 in 10,000,000 in terms of accidents. There are about 1,000,000 police, so I guess 2 bad police events per month would be equivalent?
- brutusborn 3y ago
  He’s not being charitable to cops who abuse their power, he’s pointing out that good cops receive backlash due to the actions of bad cops. Being outraged at cases of abuse doesn’t mean you have to stop empathising with the difficult job that most cops have. Reminds me of this quote: “almost everything in the world is broken and almost no one is evil.” Don’t let your anger at evil people make you reflexively think badly of their colleagues. Focus on your love of humanity rather than your hatred of authority.