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By all means tell me why you think they matter. It's still a matter of funding-per-capita. Stopping someone with a knife is the same regardless of their ethnici
by 8372049 2y ago
By all means tell me why you think they matter. It's still a matter of funding-per-capita. Stopping someone with a knife is the same regardless of their ethnicity.
(We do have a lot of immigration, but I don't see the relevance.)
- tuatoru 2y agoYes, the USA is significantly under-policed compared to other OECD countries. Defund the police? How about multiplying by ten.
- robocat 2y agoUSA 240 police per million: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_number_of_police_officers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependen...
- defrost 2y agoI read that as 243 per 100,000 Ballpark, but under Australia's 264 per 100,000, more than England and Wales at 227 per 100,000 and less than Scotland at 318 per 100,000.
- robocat 2y agoAhhhh, sorry. The numbers are quite variable between different countries. I presume partly because the definition or role varies?
- defrost 2y agoI deal with numbers and I see those (England, Wales, Australia, USofA) as "ballpark" close to each other .. relative to 170+ other countries about the globe. The UK and Australia have similiar policing roles and behaviours, quite different to the US - more uniform within the countries, significantly less use of guns and force, etc.
- defrost 2y agoThe USA policing numbers are comparable to those in England, Wales, and Australia.
- oyashirochama 2y agoThose countries also don't have a massive drug epidemic/import war from mostly china, and a shit policy on mental health conditions.
- defrost 2y agoThe UK and Australia both get container loads of cocaine, meth and other drugs, and have thriving local drug networks. Damn near half the population of Australia has used illicit drugs at one point or another: According to the 2022–2023 National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS), an estimated 10.2 million (47%) people aged 14 and over in Australia had illicitly used a drug at some point in their lifetime (including the non-medical use of pharmaceuticals), and an estimated 3.9 million (18%) had used an illicit drug in the previous 12 months. This was similar to proportions in 2019 (43% and 16%, respectively) but has increased since 2007 (38% and 13%, respectively) (Figure 1). ~ https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/illicit-use-of-drugs/illicit-drug-use https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/illicit-use-of-drugs/illicit... What Australia does have is proactive health policies, prison terms with rehab, a decent chance of drug use not marking a person for life, etc.
- olsonjeffery 2y agoDo they have as many excuses as Americans do when it comes to talking about why America has legitimate problems with policing and violence?