What’s wrong with getting cops back out on the streets patrolling again like they used to?
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Not a thing as long as you stick to Bumper Morgan and his ‘trick night stick’.
One of his ‘great lines’, while being accosted by a couple of punks, was “See that box over there? Go open it and pick up the phone and tell whoever answers to send an ambulance to this address. YOU are going to need it” or something along that line.
Dressing cops as Storm Troopers to patrol the streets of a relatively small city seems like a ‘test case’.
Of course we will get the ‘well look at Israel’ crowd.
While back someone had ‘mentioned’ why the US troops aren’t endeared to the locals in war torn countries like back in WWII - VN etc and one reason pointed out that back in WWII the people knew they were being liberated AND the GI’s had ‘treats’ for them.
Today’s Troop is no less friendly BUT they are forced (by necessity, I know) to run around looking like Space Men with layers of gear etc and once the ‘locals’ get wind of the ROE, all bets are off.
Times have changed and so have police uniforms. People know that the cops are up against some real bad actors and need more protection than in the old days. If this is done right, the cops will get to know the people who live on their beat, win their confidence and get feedback on the criminals in the neighborhood. There are mainly law abiding citizens who live in slum areas who would like to have the criminals removed from their streets. It was done successfully on the streets of Baghdad, why not also in Paragould?