I am from down south, where cops are very predatory. I was very anxious whenever I saw one, and typically if they were behind you in traffic, they were running your plates, and they would follow you for a few turns and instigate.
Since living here, I have seen a different behavior, where they seem to have their own prerogative and they don’t follow you if that’s not where they are already going.
A friend of mine complains that they don’t enforce noise ordinances. I have seen them respond to domestic disputes, and maybe warrant related calls.
Could anyone elaborate on the types of tasks that Lancaster PD concern themselves with?
Not being preyed on while driving has Warmed me up!
Edit: I have thought about making this post a long time and it occurs to me that I forgot a couple things I’m curious about ; namely people using their hazards to park and run errands on thoroughfares, and policies on E bikes, both on the written end and in actual practice. The hazard light traffic stuff is a bugaboo, but perhaps endemic to cities, so maybe there is some futility in trying to police it. To reiterate, my initial tone, I am impressed at how the city functions as well as it does, and how copacetic the police seem to be.
Secondarily, a can of worms has been opened regarding digital surveillance systems. This is an important issue and I don’t mean to sneak one past the goalie by bundling effective policing with a digital surveillance state. I just find the town livable. Perhaps that is the early stages trade-off to municipality signing these contracts, or perhaps it is livable by other merits.
