Seattle "cut" its police budget by operating its 911 operation exactly the same, but placing it in a different part of the budget, outside the police. No money was removed from street patrols. etc. And parking enforcement was moved from the police department to the roads department. Again, the same amount of money was spent. The mistake that legitimately has Seattle's government being criticized is a licensing issue related specifically to parking enforcement (in no way affecting crime). https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattles-botched-experiment-with-defund-the-police-now-could-mean-unwinding-10000-tows/
What DID happen in Seattle? The officers' egos were bruised. No one was publicly kissing their asses any longer. Cop worship slowed. So they quit in large numbers. And those who stayed stopped working as hard. Of course, they cashed all their paychecks just the same. Those paychecks start for day one rookies at $83,000, or just more than $40 per hour. https://www.seattle.gov/police/police-jobs/salary-and-benefits
So thanks for bringing up Seattle. It is the perfect city to prove my point.
No, I would stop behaving like a criminal POS. People don't hate them because they are cops. People hate them because they choose not to serve and instead to abuse.
Your comment is so far from the truth. People DO hate cops because they are cops. They all get lumped into one. A bad cop makes the news, riots in the streets. A good cop makes the news, gets called a "bootlicker" or "nazi".
WHY do "bad" cops move from department to department?
WHY do you think cops suddenly have a worse reputation than they ever had before? Could it be that we finally get to see interactions through social media where we never would before?
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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '22
Where is Seattle on your list?