Reply to Lockdown at Blair?

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "Lockdown at Blair?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
Unfortunately, there are bad cops.  Doesn't mean we should get rid of all cops.  Also, if your son was threatened by someone with a knife, would you call a cop or not because he freezes up if a cop comes near him?[/quote]

It definitely means we should get rid of bad cops, but it is apparently nearly impossible to do that. As the saying goes, "One bad apple spoils the whole barrel."

As for calling the cops for help - you may or may not be aware that many people who called the cops for help instead received harm from the cops who are sworn to serve and protect.[/quote]

No, "many" people are not hurt by cops.   Keep talking like that and people stop calling the police.  In 2019, the last normal year, there were over 211,000 times police were dispatched for service.   Out of those, there were 50 complaints about use of force.   50.[/quote]

Where did you get the 50 number? From the county's internal affairs dataset it appears there are typically between 400-500 complaints of misconduct by MCPD officers per year, of which about 20 are coded as "use of force". From the most recent Use of Force report, in 2019, there were 211,000 calls for service and 550 use of force reports generated.

FYI, when people get harassed by police, they don't always call up the police and say hey, I was harassed. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics