Now, how can re fix the issue of distrust of police? (And this goes up to the federal level as well) It won\u2019t be easy. First, demilitarize law enforcement. That means taking away their MRAPS and HUMMV\u2019s. They don\u2019t need belt fed machine guns or grenade launchers (Which I believe are a different caliber from a tear gas launcher) I would also look at restricting the number of automatic weapons they have. Why do they need so many submachine guns and M16 automatic rifles in their cars?<\/p>\n
Then there is their mode of dress. We have all seen how police love to dress up in their black ninja tacticool uniforms with Kevlar helmets and heavy bullet proof vests. If not in the ninja suits, then they are in camouflage. We saw this during the initial Ferguson riots, and also when they were looking for the Boston Marathon bombers.<\/p>\n
I have no problem with officers having the best body armor available, but it should be worn over their standard daily uniforms. The goal is to catch criminals, not intimidate the citizens. Wearing woodland camouflage in the middle of a city is downright asinine.<\/p>\n
So, how do we fix things? It will not be easy. It will take a major rethinking of what a police officer is. First, you need to start with management. We\u2019ve all seen chief\u2019s of police who actively go out and talk to people, and work with them and their officers to head off any potential problems before they become problems. They do not see the citizens as a potential enemy, but rather as a resource to help them in their jobs as protectors of the innocent.<\/p>\n
They will, of course, give their officers the benefit of the doubt, but when wrong doing, or flat out incompetence comes out, they will promptly deal with those officers, be it with more training, dismissal from the force, or in some cases, charging them. They will work with people to find the troublemakers and deal with them under the laws. These chiefs, and their departments rarely have problems with the general public.<\/p>\n
Then we need to retrain police officers. In the \u201cOlden days\u201d police officers saw themselves as \u201cKeepers of the peace\u201d and not so much as \u201cEnforcers of the law.\u201d Oh they would deal with lawbreakers by arresting them, but they would also use judgment and the knowledge of the area and the people they were dealing with and sometimes, not arrest someone. Sometimes, they would take a \u201cYouthful miscreant\u201d and deliver him to his parents who would then light up their kids backsides. They would also know when it was time to just take them in and \u201cBook \u2018em Danno.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police also need far more training with their firearms. How many times have we seen them shooting at a suspect, (Justified), and hitting bystanders instead of the suspect? How many times have we seen officers just open fire with little or no warning to their intended targets? And then we have the Tazers. Police have started using these things on people for little or no real cause. Someone could be just standing there, possibly arguing with an officer, making no threats or moves towards them. Then the next thing they know, some officer shoots them, usually in the back, with a tazer and they\u2019re twitching on the ground.<\/p>\n
Tazers are supposed to be \u201cLess then lethal devices, but if you have a heart problem, these things can kill you. We have seen officer use these on people who aren\u2019t resisting them in anyway, simply as a means to punish people. This has to stop and officers who use a tazer in this manner need to be disciplined. If a normal citizen were to use a tazer the way police do, they would be sitting in a cell in short order. Granted, there are some people you just want to see tazed, but in general, these devices should only be used in the same manner you would use a gun. With careful thought.<\/p>\n
Unless some structural changes are made and made soon, both with regards to police and federal officers as well as the laws they are supposed to enforce, what happened last weekend in New York City will happen again, and it might not be a nutcase doing it, but rather a very angry and very competent citizen who doesn\u2019t want to get caught, and knows just how to go about \u201cDoing the deed.\u201d When that happens, if that happens, we\u2019re going to see really bad things start happening. Things that no one wants to see.<\/p>\n
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