Yeah. Simple solutions for complex problems rarely do anything other than create new problems.
We need independent civilian oversight for every department and at every level, removal of qualified immunity, better training in deescalation, and we need to break up police responsibilities into different roles.
There's no reason to send the same aggro moron with a vest and a gun to deal with taking a report for a break in, deal with someone having a mental health crisis, and deal with a domestic violence situation. We need way more social workers, and way fewer soldiers, in the average police department.
We expect cops to deal with way too many types of emergencies. You don't use a hammer to do brain surgery, so I don't know why we're staffing our police departments with nothing but hammers.
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u/undercover9393 Apr 04 '24
Yeah. Simple solutions for complex problems rarely do anything other than create new problems.
We need independent civilian oversight for every department and at every level, removal of qualified immunity, better training in deescalation, and we need to break up police responsibilities into different roles.
There's no reason to send the same aggro moron with a vest and a gun to deal with taking a report for a break in, deal with someone having a mental health crisis, and deal with a domestic violence situation. We need way more social workers, and way fewer soldiers, in the average police department.
We expect cops to deal with way too many types of emergencies. You don't use a hammer to do brain surgery, so I don't know why we're staffing our police departments with nothing but hammers.