Marylanders - Are you fearful that police will not be able to recruit quality candidates?

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Anonymous wrote:I mean we got pentagon cops gunning down people in Takoma so the less qualified still can find jobs apparently.

gunning down car thieves. Not saying it's justified, but wanetd to correct that for you ^

Yes, because the punishment for trying to break into a car should be death, and an off duty police officer is the judge and jury.

Exactly. He doesn't get to shoot someone for stealing a car (that wasn't even his!) plus the footage of him brandishing a gun earlier this year at a homeless woman in the lobby of the building - this dude was itching for the opportunity to shoot someone.

What should the protocol be for stopping car thieves who are repeat criminals?

Summary execution, I guess.

Are you someone who thinks arresting and releasing is appropriate? Maybe just give them the car?

I think the criminal justice system, while imperfect in many ways, is superior to giving cops a license to shoot nonviolent offenders on sight. I think most Americans would agree.

I didn't say to kill them. When the same offenders continue to rob, steal and carjack to be released to commit crimes again, then the system in place isn't working. They need to be stopped before innocent victims who are not criminals get killed by repeat criminals. I think most Americans would agree.

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Anonymous wrote:The disrespect for police officers on this thread is truly disgusting. You all talk about cops as if every single one is a bad seed. There are some very good cops. Don’t be swayed by the agenda of the media and progressives. Maybe some of what they say is true, but much of it is hyperbole and should be viewed with skepticism.

If 99 men meet with one Nazi, there you have 100 Nazis.

Fascinating.

Does this also mean that if 99 democrats meet with one Marxist, you have 100 Marxists?


“No! That’s totally different!!!”

Oh no 100 marxists we're going to be buried in theory.

[Anonymous]

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I didn't say to kill them. When the same offenders continue to rob, steal and carjack to be released to commit crimes again, then the system in place isn't working. They need to be stopped before innocent victims who are not criminals get killed by repeat criminals. I think most Americans would agree.

They need to be stopped BY WHOM?

Not by random off-duty police officers with no authority, shooting guns in condo parking lots.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean we got pentagon cops gunning down people in Takoma so the less qualified still can find jobs apparently.

gunning down car thieves. Not saying it's justified, but wanetd to correct that for you ^

Yes, because the punishment for trying to break into a car should be death, and an off duty police officer is the judge and jury.

Exactly. He doesn't get to shoot someone for stealing a car (that wasn't even his!) plus the footage of him brandishing a gun earlier this year at a homeless woman in the lobby of the building - this dude was itching for the opportunity to shoot someone.

What should the protocol be for stopping car thieves who are repeat criminals?

Summary execution, I guess.

Are you someone who thinks arresting and releasing is appropriate? Maybe just give them the car?

I think the criminal justice system, while imperfect in many ways, is superior to giving cops a license to shoot nonviolent offenders on sight. I think most Americans would agree.

I didn't say to kill them. When the same offenders continue to rob, steal and carjack to be released to commit crimes again, then the system in place isn't working. They need to be stopped before innocent victims who are not criminals get killed by repeat criminals. I think most Americans would agree.

Hopefully the criminal who killed someone here won't get released to kill again.

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I don’t think it will have an impact. First, no one thinks it will happen to them, e.g. they don’t think they will make a mistake or use excessive force, and for an overwhelming majority of cops they are correct. Second, it is a steady well paying job (yes it could pay more, but it is still not a bad salary). Third, it is more exciting than other jobs and people who like excitement will always be attracted to it.

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This needs to end. We need to try any and all approaches to reform our desperately broken policing system in America.

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I didn't say to kill them. When the same offenders continue to rob, steal and carjack to be released to commit crimes again, then the system in place isn't working. They need to be stopped before innocent victims who are not criminals get killed by repeat criminals. I think most Americans would agree.

They need to be stopped BY WHOM?

Not by random off-duty police officers with no authority, shooting guns in condo parking lots.

What is your suggestion?

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Anonymous wrote:I mean we got pentagon cops gunning down people in Takoma so the less qualified still can find jobs apparently.

gunning down car thieves. Not saying it's justified, but wanetd to correct that for you ^

Yes, because the punishment for trying to break into a car should be death, and an off duty police officer is the judge and jury.

Exactly. He doesn't get to shoot someone for stealing a car (that wasn't even his!) plus the footage of him brandishing a gun earlier this year at a homeless woman in the lobby of the building - this dude was itching for the opportunity to shoot someone.

What should the protocol be for stopping car thieves who are repeat criminals?

Summary execution, I guess.

Are you someone who thinks arresting and releasing is appropriate? Maybe just give them the car?

NP. They should go through the courts. Just like cops who commit crimes.

Do you have a problem with that?

[Anonymous]

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I didn't say to kill them. When the same offenders continue to rob, steal and carjack to be released to commit crimes again, then the system in place isn't working. They need to be stopped before innocent victims who are not criminals get killed by repeat criminals. I think most Americans would agree.

They need to be stopped BY WHOM?

Not by random off-duty police officers with no authority, shooting guns in condo parking lots.

What is your suggestion?

We could have an internal investigation that clears the wrongdoers?

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Anonymous wrote:I mean we got pentagon cops gunning down people in Takoma so the less qualified still can find jobs apparently.

gunning down car thieves. Not saying it's justified, but wanetd to correct that for you ^

Yes, because the punishment for trying to break into a car should be death, and an off duty police officer is the judge and jury.

Exactly. He doesn't get to shoot someone for stealing a car (that wasn't even his!) plus the footage of him brandishing a gun earlier this year at a homeless woman in the lobby of the building - this dude was itching for the opportunity to shoot someone.

What should the protocol be for stopping car thieves who are repeat criminals?

Summary execution, I guess.

Are you someone who thinks arresting and releasing is appropriate? Maybe just give them the car?

NP. They should go through the courts. Just like cops who commit crimes.

Do you have a problem with that?

Like the teens who killed Mr. Anwar while engaged in a brutal carjacking?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

I didn't say to kill them. When the same offenders continue to rob, steal and carjack to be released to commit crimes again, then the system in place isn't working. They need to be stopped before innocent victims who are not criminals get killed by repeat criminals. I think most Americans would agree.

They need to be stopped BY WHOM?

Not by random off-duty police officers with no authority, shooting guns in condo parking lots.

What is your suggestion?

My suggestion is that they be stopped by on-duty police officers with authority, who don't use their guns for property crimes.

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Anonymous wrote:

I didn't say to kill them. When the same offenders continue to rob, steal and carjack to be released to commit crimes again, then the system in place isn't working. They need to be stopped before innocent victims who are not criminals get killed by repeat criminals. I think most Americans would agree.

They need to be stopped BY WHOM?

Not by random off-duty police officers with no authority, shooting guns in condo parking lots.

What is your suggestion?

My suggestion is that they be stopped by on-duty police officers with authority, who don't use their guns for property crimes.

By asking them to stop? With a canine? How?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it will have an impact. First, no one thinks it will happen to them, e.g. they don’t think they will make a mistake or use excessive force, and for an overwhelming majority of cops they are correct. Second, it is a steady well paying job (yes it could pay more, but it is still not a bad salary). Third, it is more exciting than other jobs and people who like excitement will always be attracted to it.

Have you seen the recruitment numbers? That academy classes are basically empty. They can’t get candidates already.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it will have an impact. First, no one thinks it will happen to them, e.g. they don’t think they will make a mistake or use excessive force, and for an overwhelming majority of cops they are correct. Second, it is a steady well paying job (yes it could pay more, but it is still not a bad salary). Third, it is more exciting than other jobs and people who like excitement will always be attracted to it.

Have you seen the recruitment numbers? That academy classes are basically empty. They can’t get candidates already.

Where?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it will have an impact. First, no one thinks it will happen to them, e.g. they don’t think they will make a mistake or use excessive force, and for an overwhelming majority of cops they are correct. Second, it is a steady well paying job (yes it could pay more, but it is still not a bad salary). Third, it is more exciting than other jobs and people who like excitement will always be attracted to it.

Have you seen the recruitment numbers? That academy classes are basically empty. They can’t get candidates already.

Someone from within needs to step up and denounce the bad part of LE for what it is. You guys need a Fauci effect -- people were expecting to have fewer people interested in medicine and nursing after the pandemic hit, but numbers increased. Young people want to do good things. They want to have an effect on the world, to make a difference. LE's reputation has gone down every year, as more things come out. The fact that fewer people want to be a part of that may not actually be a bad sign.

If LE as a profession turns this around, they might get a bigger crop of better candidates overall.