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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one answered the original question. What have police actually done for you?

It shows that much of it can be replaced by unarmed authorities.

The Mad Max hyperbole is just ridiculous.[/quote]

They saved my friend's life in the Discovery Center hostage situation by killing the terrorist.

https://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/01/maryland.discovery.channel/index.html

They found and arrested the murderer who killed my friend's son for no reason.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/gaithersburg/man-found-guilty-in-murders-of-md-teens-killed-night-before-graduation/65-509236573

They responded when two guys in a van tried to talk to my 10 year old son who was playing out in the neighborhood.  I don't know if they had ill intent, but why did they stop to talk to him?

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Thanks for responding.

For the hostage situation, the security guard (armed?) was unable to help.  That position is more like using armed police as a preventive measure and clearly didn't work.  I'm sure there will always be a need for a highly trained team for extreme situations.  I couldn't tell from the article, but maybe there's a way for a better funded mental health system to keep people like the hostage taker from taking such drastic actions.

The article about the murder says it was a revenge killing. This is what violence interrupters are there to reduce the likelihood of.  You'll notice that the police investigation got nowhere to break that cycle.  How much farther could someone with more credibility in the community go?

Did the police need to be armed to respond to a shady van?  It sounds like anyone official would suffice to document shady actors and scare them off.

These are all important scenarios to consider.  If there's really a better way to handle them that doesn't involve more armed police, would you have an open mind to it?[/quote]

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