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Tough Day To Be In Law Enforcement

Wes Mantooth said:
thorough background checks (including past social media posts).
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That's a really good call about social media. I actually audit some law enforcement grant programs, and they are required to get background checks at least every 5 years. I've never seen any of the background checks involve social media review, which is a great idea.
 
AlaskanAssassin said:
That's a really good call about social media. I actually audit some law enforcement grant programs, and they are required to get background checks at least every 5 years. I've never seen any of the background checks involve social media review, which is a great idea.
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I would take it one step further. Take an image of their phone... review their texts... many won't promote their bigotry on social media but they would with their friends in private.
 
AlaskanAssassin said:
Good to see this. My concern is that if this interaction hadn't been recorded, would the officer(s) have been arrested? Officers need to hold each other accountable, and the legal system needs to stop taking it easy on police officers who break the law.
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You don't have to wonder... without video it would not have happened. But the video is evidence, so it makes sense in a way. If they had controlled the video and not the public it most likely would have been ignored.
 
It sucks that people have to get crazy to get a response... those businesses and the other people that get hurt aren't the problem. There are no winners in this stuff, but the country has to change if we want to avoid this lose-lose game.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
You don't have to wonder... without video it would not have happened. But the video is evidence, so it makes sense in a way. If they had controlled the video and not the public it most likely would have been ignored.
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Every officer should be required to have a body cam on at all times, and any interactions that involve discharging a firearm, injury, or death, should require releasing body cam video to the media within 24 hours.
 
AlaskanAssassin said:
That's a really good call about social media. I actually audit some law enforcement grant programs, and they are required to get background checks at least every 5 years. I've never seen any of the background checks involve social media review, which is a great idea.
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Seems pretty common sense. And five years is way too long. Have someone on staff whose job it is to monitor the pages daily.
 
The Thriller said:
When you've tried everything else, what's the alternative? They put their trust in law enforcement, and look at what it got them. A prosecutor who's clearly dragging his feet, law enforcement using tear gas at innocent protesters, a president hoping to stoke white backlash, etc.
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I agree and I don't know what should be done. I just don't think setting **** on fire and looting target is the answer.
I don't know what the answer is though.

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AlaskanAssassin said:
I agree with the sentiment. The job needs to be made more attractive......but I'm not sure exactly how to do that. I don' think they all need college degrees, but a more robust, thorough training program is absolutely a must. Considering the danger police officers face, the pay should definitely increase. At the very least it would allow for departments to be more selective in who they hire. I don't know what type of psychological test they go through, but that obviously needs to be improved. If you show a potential or likelihood to treat people differently based on their race or ethnicity, during stressful situations, you are clearly not fit to enforce the law. Body cams should obviously be mandatory 100% of the time. Also, why are not more police departments representative of the populations they serve?

Another problem is the type of people that are drawn to being a police officer because of the power that we give them. I've had interactions with too many police officers that are high on a power-trip. They are public servants, not a sheriff in the Old West. We give them too much power, and too often fail to hold them accountable.
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I like a lot of what you say here.

I think:

Pay
Training
Benefits/Time

The job sucks. So I'd be fine paying law enforcement more than usual for less actual work time. Their job is so stressful, why not pay them full time for 30 or 35 hours?
When "stuff happens" why not make it mandatory that a 3rd party investigate the police? The internal investigations are like trusting the fox to guard the henhouse.

I threw the college degrees part into it because I believe attracting better educated people who most likely have more experience dealing with different views and people would go a long way to helping to establish positive relationships with communities. All too often I've found that law enforcement officers are people who haven't grown much intellectually (they stopped their education at high school) and have never left their hometowns. I understand that not everyone with a degree is smart and open minded nor are all people with just HS Diplomas are dumb (some are extremely talented and smart) but the idea is to raise the standard. Again, all too often I've found that law enforcement officers are just bullies and adrenaline junkies who couldn't get jobs doing anything else.
 
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