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>But if there are bad guys out there, I want trained and competent officers to respond, to protect me and mine. And you and yours. The problem is the actual ri
by snypher 2y ago
>But if there are bad guys out there, I want trained and competent officers to respond, to protect me and mine. And you and yours.
The problem is the actual risk to self that most people face is vastly overstated in media. We do not need anywhere the degree of military-styled response to situations that do not require it, esp when it can be deployed anonymously at only the cost of a phone call.
- tptacek 2y agoThis "anonymously at the cost of a phone call" thing doesn't get us anywhere. It's possible to do that because armed robberies happen, and people expect to be able to call in a police response to those on the phone. If you can propose a plausible alternative system that doesn't rely on "anonymous" calls, do so, but you can't just leave that argument hanging out there. "Hello, 911? Someone is breaking into my house. I think they have a gun!" "Authenticate yourself."
- jazzyjackson 2y agoSWAT doesn't show up for home invasions, they're more of a hostage rescue force. Besides, the swatter here wasn't impersonating a person begging for cops to rescue them, they impersonated the guy with authority to give the order to do it. I don't think it's too much to ask for these guys to use Signal or Matrix or /something/ with the ability to actually authenticate identity
- tptacek 2y agoWe don't even have a SWAT team in our muni and people have been "Swatted" here.