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J Black
@BusanBlack
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Acoustatic
Thank you for sharing your story man, especially from the perspective of a former LEO. If you give any person a huge amount of power with little to no consequences, they'll eventually do things that aren't legal or morally right. Just like the cops in your post did.
When you have the ability to send someone to a concrete tomb for any reason, it's hard to not let your emotions and personal feelings get in the way. It's a complex issue overall, but at the end of the day: more power, more problems.
BusanBlack
That is exactly it. Give a man power and he will show you his true character.
What always puzzled me was while I was an LEO in the military (Air Force) we have rules of engagement for down range and we had been taught up and down left and right the use of force model because we don't want to make mistakes. We are trained 2 months in basic training and 4 months for the job training. Then when you finally arrive at your assignment you are training on the job for another 6 months then you are required to take tests and pass them with a minimum of 80%.
All of that done without the comfort on being able to cheat because you are placed in a room with a civilian or other career military personnel who give no damn about you passing or not. You then go onto your first duty which isn't much because you are still being trained. All in all a security forces officer will go through one year of training before being left to their own devices.
I worked in S3T which is the training section and I've developed study plans for new SF officers which all required an understanding of use of force and de-escalation tactics.
I've been called to domestic disputes, I've been to shopliftings, and physical altercations but never have I or any other trained SF officer arrived to a situation with the intention of making shit worse. Like at the end of the day these are people I live with and work with and communicate with and I don't want to hurt my image or that of my fellow officers.
But then you get the civilian side and you see officers working where they don't live. Paid the taxes of those cities but spending it in the suburbs. So when do these citizens get to see their tax dollars at work? They don't.
There needs to be reform. Absolutely needs to be reform. If a cop quits his job because he feels like the new world of rules is too difficult then they aren't worth keeping around. We need intelligent men and women working together with their community to thwart poverty and assist those who are in need. Crime doesnt start with a criminal it starts with poverty and the absence of social services.