This Is What Happens When You Demonize Police Officers: Police arrests are plummeting across California, fueling alarm (Rosie O'Donnell, violent crime)
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“A lot of guys will shy away from it because we’ve got the dash cams, we’ve got the body cams.… We don’t want it to come back on us.”
In other words, people are watching our actions now, and we cant do what we used to be able to do with impunity.
Cops have a tough job. We ask a lot of them, and their job is dangerous. But it isnt a secret that in recent years there is a trend in going overboard with regards to dealing with the public they interact with in a heavy handed manner. That has been exposed with the advent of recording all their actions, both with dash and body cams, and with others cell phones.
Officers are responding accordingly.
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04-02-2017, 02:20 PM
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So, being filmed is having the desired effect of reducing police abuse and criminal behavior?
I was watching a British police show the other day. The cops raved about how great the cameras were. Everything they saw was recorded for evidentiary purposes and it gave an unbiased account of interactions with people. Any good cop should be happy to have a neutral record.
The only ones who don't want it known are the ones who break the rules and the ones who want to cover up for them.
So, being filmed is having the desired effect of reducing police abuse and criminal behavior?
So it would seem. These cops suddenly are "shying away" from making arrests because they know they will be held accountable for their behavior. I don't see this as a bad thing. Aren't we always hearing that if we have nothing to hide, we have nothing to be afraid of?
The situation on the ground in Los Angeles where I have been many times is not good at all.
Los Angeles has a pretentious arrogant mindset, that the rough days are over and they don't have to have much of police presence. For a world city, it is stunning how few police I see when ever I am in Los Angeles.
They have so few police, I didn't see them at the Blue Line Stations in Compton and Watts.
I can't blame the police for just going from call to call as the story suggests.
I have heard people who visit New York City say that the police are on almost every block.
LAPD really doesn't have that robust of a police force and it shows. I wonder how many actual patrol officers they have per-capita compared to New York City and other major cities.
The situation on the ground in Los Angeles where I have been many times is not good at all.
Los Angeles has a pretentious arrogant mindset, that the rough days are over and they don't have to have much of police presence. For a world city, it is stunning how few police I see when ever I am in Los Angeles.
They have so few police, I didn't see them at the Blue Line Stations in Compton and Watts.
I can't blame the police for just going from call to call as the story suggests.
I have heard people who visit New York City say that the police are on almost every block.
LAPD really doesn't have that robust of a police force and it shows. I wonder how many actual patrol officers they have per-capita compared to New York City and other major cities.
Yes 2015 saw an increase in crime but over all crime has been decreasing for years.
Relax.......we are all fine. Oye --
Fear mongering -- OMG police aren't doing their job -- we are being over run by refugees and the govt. is making us get vaccinated.
The situation on the ground in Los Angeles where I have been many times is not good at all.
Los Angeles has a pretentious arrogant mindset, that the rough days are over and they don't have to have much of police presence. For a world city, it is stunning how few police I see when ever I am in Los Angeles.
They have so few police, I didn't see them at the Blue Line Stations in Compton and Watts.
I can't blame the police for just going from call to call as the story suggests.
I have heard people who visit New York City say that the police are on almost every block.
LAPD really doesn't have that robust of a police force and it shows. I wonder how many actual patrol officers they have per-capita compared to New York City and other major cities.
I think new york city has the most cops. 8.4 million with about 40k cops I think is 1 per 210 people.
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