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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. I didn't even know there was a police bill of rights in Maryland and I doubt recruits were aware either. Doesn't really change the job at all. [/quote]

What recruits do know is what the community opinion of police is.   And the political leadership's opinion of police.   And when those aren't favorable, good prospects choose other departments to work in where they will be supported. [/quote]

The recruits who'll only go where the community and political leadership support police officers who do bad things, are recruits I don't want here anyway.[/quote]

I will give you an example.  The montgomery county police officer who shot finan berhe was doing exactly what his training and the law told him to do.  But political leadership immediately crucified him.  Instead of rightfully questioning training and policies, they just condemned him judge jury and executioner.   Police want to know that when they do what they are supposed to do, even if it's "lawful but awful," they are supported.    Almost no cop wants to kill someone.  They are trained to defend themselves and others.   [/quote]

And by "crucify," you mean "said things about whether a different response could have produced a different result", for example:

"What a shame. #FinanBerhe and his family deserve justice. This underscores the urgent need to expand our Mobile Crisis Team so we can send trained behavioral health professionals to our residents in crisis, not just armed police officers." (Tom Hucker)

"“You had a young man who’d never been in trouble. An Uber driver killed in front of his parents’ home. And it didn’t have to be that way. There’s a lot of ways, in my opinion, that that situation could have been de-escalated before he charged.” (Will Jawando) [/quote]

So what is the different response when someone is suicidal and wants someone to kill them?  ("I'm just ready to go.")  And they run with a knife toward whatever government entity responds to the crisis?  Do you honestly think that an unarmed female (because they are all women) social worker is going to be able to deescalate that situation with words?  Every single time?  Who keeps the bystanders safe while she's talking?   Who keeps the social workers safe?  When that person wants to die and has chosen the police as the means to do it.   You don't think someone who's determined enough will continue to injure people until he gets the police response he wants?

Will that happen every time?  No.   Social workers will be able to talk some out of it.   But what are the safety protocols necessary to have a social worker even feel safe going into that unknown situation?   Because...what social worker in their right mind wants to respond to a knife call without safety protocols in place?   [/quote]

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