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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As many have noted, police officers are not paramedics or social workers. We should not be asking police to do those jobs. [/quote]

People keep on asking though. That isn’t going to change. Everyone calls 911.

[quote=Anonymous]Needing them for some things does not mean giving them free rein to do whatever they want absent accountability. Every one of us does our jobs within established norms. If we stray, we get fired. [/quote]

Police go where they’re called to. What makes you think there is no internal accountability? The current established norms for police are to respond to emergencies of all kinds. Dispatchers take the calls and send the available resources.

[quote=Anonymous]Also, if cops are so great, why don't you think they are capable of behaving more intelligently and humanely? Why do you insult them with these assumptions that their jobs are too hard to do well? Why can't the "vast majority" who are good check the ones who aren't? Unless maybe there are more bad ones than good ones, hmmm..

Train them better. Model and expect compassion. Hold them to higher standards. Root out the ones that make the rest look bad, if indeed it's only a few. Stop defending their worst behavior. Then we can talk. [/quote]

You might be surprised by the number of younger police officers that have bachelors degrees and the older ones that have a masters. It’s more insulting to think their jobs aren’t hard. They don’t go through defensive tactics training for exercise. It isn’t some cardio boxing class. There are many people that would prefer to fight them rather than comply. They have to make split second decisions alone in the dark under duress. The vast majority of posters here could never manage the stress officers routinely deal with. The media rarely tells stories about humane or compassionate police interactions because of the “if it bleeds it leads” principle. Additionally what makes you think that police departments would release disciplinary actions? Would your HR department release information like that?[/quote]

The PP critical of police is probably unaware that many of the complaints made to internal affairs are actually made by fellow police officers.

But that is not the narrative people want. [/quote]

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