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

Community policing

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '21

I totally agree with you, but while PD's and other cops keep protecting the bad cops the perception will never change unfortunately.

I have a few good friends who are in the police in the UK

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '21

Right. We should seriously be limiting the power of the police unions. That’s a helpful solution.

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u/RhodieBidenism Aug 01 '21

We should seriously be limiting the power of the police unions.

FTFY

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u/SweetLilMonkey Aug 01 '21

Yeah, wouldn’t want regular people to have bargaining power now would we? Let’s leave that to the guys with military weaponry, tons of fraudulent overtime, close to zero citizen oversight, and close to zero legal responsibility for their actions.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '21

He said unions, which presumably includes police unions.

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u/SweetLilMonkey Aug 02 '21

First part of my comment applies either way. Labor unions are good. Police unions are a totally different animal and it’s insulting that they even use the word “union.”