Isn't it time for police forces to focus less on force and more on real policing = serve and protect?
Police officers have tough jobs...working each day not knowing if they'll come home alive or not.
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The police are under attack in a way I have never seen in my lifetime and I think we better start getting behind the police and show our support. I think if criminals would stop breaking the law or resisting when caught 100% of these incidents would never happen.
I think we should allow these people who would rather take their chances with the criminals and thugs to sign off from the police being forced to protect them.
I don't disagree that police have beefed up their equipment and tactics, but I think you are reversing the effect and cause? Police have not been proactive but reactive. As the level of violence initiated by criminals has risen, so has law enforcement response.
I am least twice as old as most of the criminals in these stories we are be bombard with but you know how many times I have been chased by police? None. This is because of number of reasons, not the least of which is that I have not broken any real laws? I am willing to bet the same is true with you? Lawlessness cause police violence, not the other way around.
I've been pulled over and threatened with arrest for being in the "wrong" neighborhood.
I've had cops help me change a tire in the rain.
I've been cuffed, and slammed to the pavement due to mistaken identity (without even an apology afterwards.)
I've been given warnings when I should have been arrested or ticketed.
LEOs are slices of the general population. They aren't gods. They aren't all evil. They have bad days and good days. Unfortunately, the bad ones have established a stereotype that will be difficult to erase. Dash cams, body cams, and regular uniforms will go along way to help. The cameras (both in the general population and LEOs) only help to add transparency and context. A more civilian attire will speak to their professionalism as civilian servants rather than troops.
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Your comments, attitude, and obvious beliefs lead me to believe that you believe everything that you read and hear in the media.....
There are good and bad LEOs everywhere. Just like there are good and bad Soldiers and people.
At least here in California, the current philosophy of policing is "intelligence based policing." That philosophy and doctrine apecifically pushes LEOs to be friendly and communicate with people-the community and the criminals. It pushed LEOs to use their heads more than their hands and weapons.
Now, the above philosophy/doctrine elaborated, (at least here in California) the sole job of a Police Officer/Deputy Sheriff is to enforce the law. What that means is that whether the crime be a infraction, misdemeanor or felony, it is not the LEOs job to be the judge and jury. It is their job to investigate the facts and apprehend those that have violated the law. Apprehension of those violators/or the accused oftentimes means that you, the LEO, are going to physically take custody of those human beings. I don't know if very many human beings that like their freedom being taken-especially here in the United States. That said, a situation of arrest/apprehension is a high stress and emotional undertaking. The violator/accused is anxious and the cops are normally on alert.... And there is nothing in the rule book that says LEOs have to be polite or warm and fuzzy. In fact, here in California there is specifically a law (section 835a of the penal code) that says you do not have to retreat or back down and give the LEO the right of self defense.
Me personally, I have the training and experience of civilian law enforcement. I also put handcuffs on more than one person. And I done so here in Southern California where the environment can at least be called dangerous and hostile towards LEOs. In fact, I once heard a former Marine, who was my Field Training Officer, compare Los Angeles, CA USA to Beruit, Lebanon.... I'm not going to lie and tell you that I've always been a nice guy because I haven't. But, I can honestly say (and sleep well knowing) that I was never a jerk until I needed to be a jerk. By that I mean I never yelled at anyone or swore unless the situation warranted it. I was always taught and tried to "look, act, and be professional." And frankly, the vast majority of LEOs around me did as well.
Why am I going on off this tirade? Hopefully to bring to light that:
1. You've never walked a mile in a LEOs shoes (so far as I could tell from your profile and written word).
2. The job is much tougher than you can imagine.
And,
3. You're wrong.
Very Respectfully,
2LT LOOMIS