“Policing becomes very ineffective when they walk in to the wrong house and shoot a man eating ice cream or when they creep up on an innocent citizen’s home and blast them through a window.”
Because we are expecting officers to operate out of their training. If you want cops to be more than state bodymen, double their salaries, triple their training, and bump up their IQ’s by 50 points. Good luck finding 150 IQ men who have the size and strength to handle the worst in society. *shrug
Otherwise it just means more people die needlessly.
Don’t send cops to do welfare checks. Send social workers or counselors. Maybe backed up by a cop siting in the car.
“Don’t send cops to do welfare checks. Send social workers or counselors. Maybe backed up by a cop siting in the car.”
I agree with you.
Many PD’s are doing that but it is costly and such resources are spread thin.
However, we need far more investment in that type of policing/social work.