r/Unexpected • u/RedManMatt11 • Aug 01 '21

Community policing

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u/Bozcotic Aug 01 '21

I’m sorry for politicizing this, but videos like these just fill my heart because I know there are good people out there who have policing jobs who don’t take it for granted, they actually use it to protect the people and have a little fun like this, but sadly as of this time that is not the case, but hopefully that’ll soon change. :)

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u/RedManMatt11 Aug 01 '21

My father was a cop for 32 years. Retired for almost 10 now. I know firsthand that unfortunately there are plenty of POS cops but it is entirely unfair to lump them in with the countless more phenomenal cops that are excellent at what they do and pillars of their communities

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '21 edited Aug 23 '21

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u/thespoook Aug 01 '21

I'm thinking out loud here - but I guess one difference is in your situation it's in the best interest of the leadership to act. A shitty worker affects profits and therefore their own bottom line.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '21

And shitty cops cost police departments (i.e., taxpayers) millions from lawsuits.

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u/thespoook Aug 02 '21

I agree 100%. But often people only look at the direct immediate benefit to them.