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I want law enforcement to be a difficult, time consuming job. Idle law enforcement is a terrible thing. When law enforcement has spare time, they will find way
by LordKano 11y ago
I want law enforcement to be a difficult, time consuming job.
Idle law enforcement is a terrible thing. When law enforcement has spare time, they will find ways to occupy it. Sometimes it will be by overzealous enforcement of low level laws and other times their idleness will be used an a pretext for politicians to pass even more micro-managing laws.
It's this kind of thing that led to women being arrested for wearing bathing suits that exposed their calves. It's this kind of thing that resulted in young men being arrested for the bad fashion decision of sagging jeans.
When they complain that something will make their job more difficult, I say good. I want law enforcement to be difficult and time consuming so that it loses its luster for the people who want to join up for all of the wrong reasons.
- shit_parade3 11y agoThe other solution to idle law enforcement is to reduce the positions in law enforcement. Bureaucracies have a natural tendency to grow, people ceding power to the state need to be more vigilant in demanding the reduction of outmoded and lax capacity instead of funding their own micromanaged oppression
- ryanmarsh 11y agoThe state has all the power, therefore the burden of proof should be solely on it. This is where the doctrine of presumed innocence comes from.