We need to train police not to escalate. Having non-police handle "lesser" crimes is not a good idea, as they often turn into dangerous situations. We don't want a new profession of non-police putting themselves at risk. As it is, I appreciate having as many police as we can, but we need new police with different training. Where I live, they don't even investigate burglaries because they are overwhelmed. And if there is a violent crime, odds are cops won't get there in time to save you.
It is about training to deescalate. If you see someone with a gun (and no one in harms way) take a tactical approach to see if the person with a gun will put it down.
Vegas put in a policy that if someone runs the person chasing shoot not be the one to make the arrest but to coordinate with backup. Use of force went down almost 25%.
I'd like to see more female lead roles, citizen oversight (happens many places) and more education (college degree in a related field with specific courses on deescalation, constitutional law, etc.) I'd also like to see more pay in the profession so we get a better talent pool. Additionally, part of each cops duty should be going to community events to get to know the people they serve and protect. Do all this and I will be happy to have more cops around.
Yeah. Let’s keep letting these guys handle things:
Come on.
The issue is the training has been poor and we don’t need police to escalate all of these non-violent issues. Just the silly automobile issues alone incentives police to focus on the most vulnerable, exploit the poorest, and exacerbate poor relations between races. Seriously, think about it. When the police want to find drugs, are they going to patrol Holladay or West Valley City? And we wonder why the poorest among us are getting fed up with being exploited?
We shouldn't have to rely on the police for everything. They often escalate the situation just with their presence.
Read this before commenting further:
EDIT I couldn't find this earlier but now I have. Why don't we enact reforms like this?
DPD Chief Pazen, who is fond of the STAR program, says it frees up officers to do their jobs: fight crime.
denverite.com
Since June 1, 2020, a mental health clinician and a paramedic have traveled around the city in a white van handling low-level incidents, like trespassing and mental health episodes, that would have otherwise fallen to patrol officers with badges and guns. In its first six months, the Support Team Assisted Response program, or STAR, has responded to 748 incidents. None required police or led to arrests or jail time.
Remember just a few months ago when Salt Lake Police killed an autistic and unarmed 13 year old boy? Why the hell were they the ones responding to this? Couldn't some social workers have handled it?
The family of a 13-year-old autistic teen, who was shot by police on Sept. 4 after his mother called for their help, filed a lawsuit against the Salt Lake City Police Department. Caption: KUTV: Jeremy Harris reports The complaint filed in federal court alleges Linden Cameron, who has Asperger's...
kutv.com
So we can reform the police with some of these common sense reforms or I guess maintain the status quo since that's working out so well... Cuz the police have hard jobs and no one understands them and we can't ever change anything in this country...
Just curious, isn't anyone getting tired of the defeatist attitude in America? Since when did we become such defeatist losers? We're a bunch of Trump whiners and *******. Whether it be with climate change, gun violence, health care, police brutality... I just don't get it. If the Mormon pioneers had had the same defeatist attitude as current Utahns/Americans, they would've starved to death in one year. "It's just dry here. It's too hot. It's too cold. Building a town in the middle of the Wasatch is too hard and no one understands us."
Cmon guys, we're Americans dammit. We've got a problem with police brutality. There are better ways to serve and protect our communities. Let's fix things!
