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> Policing is a conflict focused job that involves violence Because of this, police officers should have plenty of experience (and training, but let's limit th
by tremon 4mo ago
> Policing is a conflict focused job that involves violence
Because of this, police officers should have plenty of experience (and training, but let's limit this to the US) with de-escalation and proportional response. The domestic violence rates should be lower among police wrt the general populace for that reason alone.
- hollerith 4mo agoTrue, and also DV rates should be higher for the type of person who chooses a job where one of the requirements is to run towards danger.
- s1artibartfast 4mo agoPolice arent just trained to de-escalate. They are also trained to kill humans. This too has an influence who becomes a cop. You cant just cherry pick the factors you think would lead to lower DV and ignore the others. do you mean they should be lower as a normative claim or postive claim? It is clearly flase as a positive claim, if the police domestic violence studies done in the 90's are still accurate.
- tremon 4mo ago> They are also trained to kill humans Police are not soldiers nor executioners. Where does this fantasy come from that they are somehow "trained to kill"? Copaganda shows, I guess?