12-23-2017, 07:57 AM
These discussions always seem to come around to the performance of the local police. As terracore was told by a cop, there are structural impediments to thorough neighborhood policing. Some of these are operational procedures which are not part of the federal funding requirements. Several cops have told me that union and county administration originated procedures for accident investigations and other non-violent events require way more officers to be dispatched than is necessary. I have heard stories of officers literally tripping over each other at accident sites and of back-up being routinely sent when there was no conceivable need for it. Some conscientious officers see this as a problem and will talk about it, but only privately. There are consequences for those who threaten the status quo.