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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think you understand “defund police”

Police should do police work, that is what defund police means.

9 out of 10 calls fo not require a police officer.

They should not be directing traffic.
They should not interview rape/child abuse victims... in moco for example trained psychologist interview child abuse victims.. not cops.
They should not do 90% of traffic stops
They should not do parking violations (some areas don’t have cops do this some do)
They should not do shop lifting calls, corporations should have security file reports... many places already do this
They should not work in the courts... scheduling court time for police
They should not be in charge of car repairs. (Yep they run their own shop most places)
They should only assist in mental health calls when needed (of course you only see the ones where they “are needed” it’s rare)
They should not be policing cars for operability.
They should not be secretaries for the prosecutor’s office.
They should not get overtime for court.
Accident reconstruction does not require a gun and a badge.
Recruiting does not require a gun and a badge

We also need to fund training so cops that hate the job can be retrained to find a job more suitable.[/quote]

You are doing that thing where you realize you have no argument so you cherry pick from around the country in an attempt to shroud yourself in reasonability.

DC police don't do half the things you just mentioned. The OP is talking about DC. Don't sell Ddot and DMV services here as police functions when they are not.

If you want to lobby for a logical reapportioning of public jobs in DC. I think we would all be for it. But don't argue for defunding the police. [/quote]

I’m not cherry picking but I am putting out the not every area does the same thing. For example DC police really should have psychologists interview children who have been abused not cops. They also she can go on mental health cases that they are equipped to handle. There’s a ton of things that they shouldn’t do, they should do police work[/quote]

A couple of things.

First, for as woke as you are, to assume that the counselor is female is simply naive.

Second, 16% of the MPD's force is civilian. You would know this if you ever went into a police station. You deal with non uniformed civilians. They then call and leave messages for the officers you were hoping to talk to. They process RPPs etc. Both the uniformed officers and civilians are paid out of the same budget. Defund the police and the civilians get cut first and uniforms are moved into the admin roles.

Also, MPD has counselors. I think we are all in agreement that they need more and they probably need to be both uniformed and civilian. More counselors will cost more money. [/quote]

Wow! You and I probably worked together. You sound really defensive.. retired child abuse and death investigator with a Masters in criminal psychology.

I never said counselor's are female. I also never said counselor.

You pointed out a whole bunch of problems yourself with the structure of the police department that need to be changed.

Why will it cost more if you have a forensic psychologist do rape interviews? If the cop is not doing it? It's still 1 person, just different skills. [/quote]

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