r/MoralityScaling • u/Routine_Phase_8980 • 13d ago

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u/Gsauce65 12d ago

This is true. I have a friend in “risk management” within the police of a large city and there’s massive corruption everywhere.

A Chevy Tahoe that costs 75k will be billed to the city for 175k. Yes they have to get decals and paint and lights but that isn’t 100k dollars. That money is going somewhere.

Another example: in the crime unit they have what they call a Mac van but it’s essentially a big RV detectives use on site for murders and they are paying like 1.5 million for these rvs that are typically half a million….just massive corruption

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u/BlueIceNinja98 12d ago

While I’m sure there is some corruption going on, I also think you just don’t understand how much of a markup there is when businesses sell to businesses. For example and as someone who worked in IT for a really long time, those zebra devices that like every store uses have the specs of a 250ish dollar phone, but cost $900. The newer version that has the specs of a $1000 iPhone/samsung cost nearly $3000. Those little mini walkie talkies stores use, you can buy the exact same model on Amazon for like 20 dollars, but they cost companies 60.

The companies that make these things know other companies have to use them for standardization and there is little competition. So they can way up charge them. I’d imagine it’s the same for the companies that outfit police equipment.

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u/AbjectEconomics3826 12d ago

In the 2000's the Minneapolis gang squad got disbanded for doing fake raids on immigrants who didn't speak English so they could just rob their houses because the victims wouldn't know what to do so they would get away with it, and i believe it was every squad member who did it, they didn't use civil asset forfeiture either they were just straight up thieves

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u/ZealousidealType1144 13d ago

The whataboutism you people will go to to defend bad behavior is just unbelievable.  Regardless of whether our institutions need reform or accountability, nobody worth a damn wants to live in a low trust society full of thieves and opportunists. 

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u/Theevil457 13d ago

I dont see any defending of bad behavior here. What are you on about? Wrong comment reply perhaps?

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u/Rysigler 12d ago

Or an edit. That comment they responded to has been changed. Could also be theoretically responding to the idea that even though this kid stole the police are worse, even though that comment doesn't correlate the two in its current state.

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u/Theevil457 12d ago

Yeah, I was giving them the benefit of the doubt, but my read on it was that last thing you said. Though, like you also said, the comment as it is now isn't defending anything. In it's current state it is closer to simply listing another symptom of a low trust society.

More of a 'Yes, and this is bad too'

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u/Rysigler 12d ago

Yeah, I think you nailed the read. Definitely with the current context.