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That would require actual police work. Of which most of these officers were never trained in. They are trained to stop and interrogate, not seek truth and inves
by reactordev 3y ago
That would require actual police work. Of which most of these officers were never trained in. They are trained to stop and interrogate, not seek truth and investigate. Some do, most don’t. Most setup checkpoints or wait behind bushes to catch people in the act rather than do any investigative police work. The one area where this kind of work is still practiced (thankfully) is homicide. Everyone else is playing ref.
- photonbeam 3y agoI had assumed a separate classification of job did investigation - the detectives
- reactordev 3y agoRightfully so. It’s the only department that does “investigations” outside of their own internal affairs. This sucks because police aren’t trained to investigate properly. Some attempt and succeed but in general it’s just not something they practice. It’s more about stomping on your rights until you admit fault to something. Which is highly effective to normal citizens.
- Gibbon1 3y agoWere in this transition period. For a looog time cops were told to try and convince 'undesirables' to leave. As in swarthy types who are lower class than the local powers that be are comfortable with. And we're now telling them not to do that anymore. They hate that because we're taking the fun part of the job away. And more recently we've decided that they shouldn't bother with piddly drug users. They hate that because it was easy pickings. Instead we want to focus on property crime. That's work. And worse courts and the politicians don't take that seriously.
- andai 3y ago>seek truth and investigate Based Buddhist policeman.