Subj : Re: Neuralink
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Andeddu
Date : Wed Aug 26 2020 16:10:18

  Re: Re: Neuralink
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Andeddu on Mon Aug 24 2020 07:41 am

 >  Whoever came up with the term "defund police" must not have worked in
 >  marketing.
 >
 >  You reduce the police budget, use the money to create programs with
 >  economic opportunity and pay for social services to deal with the
 >  non-criminal tasks that police have to do by default nowadays. You
 >  don't need to deal with an emotionally disturbed homeless person with
 >  a tazer, baton and a glock.
 >
 >  You train police in de-escalation and make them a part of the
 >  community they serve. I hear way to much "us versus them" from police
 >  organizations.
 >
 >  You eliminate asset forfeiture laws, which are nothing now except
 >  untraced funding sources for police departments.
 >
 >  There needs to be a way to prosecute law enforcement officers fairly.
 >  Qualified Immunity needs to be changed.
 >
 >  Police departments need to have a zero tolerance policy for escessive
 >  violence. Good luck with the police unions on that.
 >
 >  You re-build trust.

I have read that the NYPD have removed a lot of their plain clothed pro-active
teams as a result of the budget cut. This is going to harm communities due to
the increase in the drugs trade.

I do agree that too much is put onto the plate of the police these days... cops
are expected to be social workers, medics, law enforcement, marriage
councillors, etc... all rolled into one. We need to get policing back to old
fashioned guard, watch and patrol and ensure that the other agencies pick up
the slack. If we let the police focus on crime and crime alone, we would get
better results.

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