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This is why New Zealand's police recruiting ad[0] a few years back was so brilliant. They used humor to intentionally de-select this "warrior cop" mentality, an

This is why New Zealand's police recruiting ad[0] a few years back was so brilliant. They used humor to intentionally de-select this "warrior cop" mentality, and emphasize public service instead. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9psILoYmCc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9psILoYmCc

mikrotikker 1y ago
Surely you want to select for warrior cops especially in a place like the USA to be able to handle things like school shooters and violent meth heads? Is it better to hire a diplomat and make them a warrior or hire a warrior and make them a diplomat? When lives are on the line id choose the later tbh.
- schiffern 1y ago
  As Uvalde showed us, in extreme situations we need professional, competent cops, not (wannabe) "warriors." The warrior cop mentality is the worst combination: it teaches police to be simultaneously afraid of their own shadows and belligerent and trigger-happy. The all-too-predictable result is that they escalate and shoot innocent people in nonthreatening situations, and then fail to lay down fire when it actually is life-or-death. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-warrior-cop-ethos-and-the-stand-around-cops-in-uvalde https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-warrior-cop-ethos-and-the-s...
Doxin 1y ago
The dutch army did something similar in one of their ads. They had a whole series of ads where they showed a short skit illustrating some property they do or don't want in the army. Then the ad shows two checkboxes, "suitable" / "unsuitable", with one of them getting colored in. This[0] specific one from that series is quite explicitly showing they don't want people who like "playing" with guns too much. There's a compilation here[1] in case anyone wants to see some more. Most of them don't require any language and are decently funny. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-qyjkj7Vj0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-qyjkj7Vj0 [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiqFysi883Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiqFysi883Y

mikrotikker 1y ago

Surely you want to select for warrior cops especially in a place like the USA to be able to handle things like school shooters and violent meth heads? Is it better to hire a diplomat and make them a warrior or hire a warrior and make them a diplomat? When lives are on the line id choose the later tbh.

schiffern 1y ago
As Uvalde showed us, in extreme situations we need professional, competent cops, not (wannabe) "warriors." The warrior cop mentality is the worst combination: it teaches police to be simultaneously afraid of their own shadows and belligerent and trigger-happy. The all-too-predictable result is that they escalate and shoot innocent people in nonthreatening situations, and then fail to lay down fire when it actually is life-or-death. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-warrior-cop-ethos-and-the-stand-around-cops-in-uvalde https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-warrior-cop-ethos-and-the-s...

Doxin 1y ago

The dutch army did something similar in one of their ads. They had a whole series of ads where they showed a short skit illustrating some property they do or don't want in the army. Then the ad shows two checkboxes, "suitable" / "unsuitable", with one of them getting colored in. This[0] specific one from that series is quite explicitly showing they don't want people who like "playing" with guns too much. There's a compilation here[1] in case anyone wants to see some more. Most of them don't require any language and are decently funny. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-qyjkj7Vj0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-qyjkj7Vj0 [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiqFysi883Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiqFysi883Y