I think we need to pay cops more, and give them more vacation and trianing (and yes, I'll pay more in taxes for this), because their jobs are fucking hard. And I don't wantn them working when they're super stressed out.
They need to be above beating people up to get them to comply, and absolutely above retaliation, which should be treated as a new crime IMHO.
Just because you're an asshole to cops (up to and including some physical abuse), they should have the training and tools to be able to take you into custody without physical harm caused by them.
Half of the reason it’s a problem at all is a lack of training IMHO. You can’t expect the officer to de escalate a situation if you’ve never given them the training to do so. Same goes for appropriate use of force. Most of it comes down to what you can’t do when it should be why you can’t do certain things and what you should do instead. I don’t know why we’ve allowed this to become such a problem...
I don't think most people have any clue what constitutes the right training because they're not in a position to be involved with violent people on a regular basis. If a threat is presented, it needs to be neutralized. He used a non-lethal unarmed technique. I don't know where so many people get off thinking cops are supposed to know all this Enter The Dragon karate bullshit that allows for no one to get hurt. It's not realistic.
We should also require cops to have a 4 year college degree to go along with the higher pay. This kind of negative cop behavior goes down with the more education they have.
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u/Metro42014 Nov 05 '17
Ex-fucking-actly!
I think we need to pay cops more, and give them more vacation and trianing (and yes, I'll pay more in taxes for this), because their jobs are fucking hard. And I don't wantn them working when they're super stressed out.
They need to be above beating people up to get them to comply, and absolutely above retaliation, which should be treated as a new crime IMHO.
Just because you're an asshole to cops (up to and including some physical abuse), they should have the training and tools to be able to take you into custody without physical harm caused by them.