XogGyux wrote:The resources that they need is brains and compassion. You think it is a funding issue? They have all the cool toys, big fast cars, a bizzilion guns, half a dozen electronic guizmos, lasers, tasers, radios. They mistreat their equipment and damage our public assets by driving like lunatics. A large portion of what they do is harassing homeless, mentally ill people, traffic violations, etc. They don't need anymore funding, what the "police" force needs is to employ a few empathetic human beings and get rid of bullies with guns.
Additional resources need to be put into the training and vetting. They get all the toys but they have inadequate training and clearly the only qualification you need to join up is a pulse. They need to attend at least 2-3 years of university level courses, it's how it's done in many countries. That weeds out the brainlets.
And no, excess empathy would be a whole can of worms. You would have a huge turnover rate because cops playing shrinks would be too mentally taxing on any cop. Police deal with the worst of the worst (1%) of the population 90% of the time. That's why they're so strung out. It is shown that the most ideal police share many characteristics with criminal mindsets. You want officers who are NOT emotionally invested at all. Who can detach themselves from the subject matter and just do the job.
They're just there to enforce established laws and the only way to do that properly is to not employ jumpy brainlets that thing shooting a disabled man in the back is necessary. This cop fucked up so bad BECAUSE he was emotional i.e in this case afraid. You need less emotion, not more. It's not day care it's policing.
Also fuck drug addicts. They need to be killed on sight. Long term drug addicts are not entirely human anymore. Same regard should be afforded them as to rabid dogs. I speak from extensive experience these are basically subhuman shells walking around shitting up the place, their brains are so fucked up they don't function. Thankfully even here the far better trained police treat them accordingly. They tried the whole community policing meme for a few years, even got more female officers in. Quickly did a 180 when they saw how idiotic that was.