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srothstein wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2020 8:50 pm

mrvmax wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:55 pmI disagree, I don’t think the police need reform. I think the things we’ve seen are the minority and without 24/7 media trying to get the highest ratings we wouldn’t even know about those. If the police where you live need reformed I suggest you move.

I agree that the events making the news are a definite minority and are amplified by a ratings driven mass media with an agenda to help a specific political cause. But even with that, I think the police do need some reform. There are things I saw as a police officer that should never be allowed. One reason the police have lost some faith with the public is that they can be their own worst enemy. They do things like run patrol cars with no markings or with markings that are the same color as the patrol car's paint. Police go to mental health calls without help from trained mental health specialists. They use the SWAT team and No-Knock warrants way more than is justified IMO. Citizens have lost their lives because of a lot of this this and it could have been avoided.

The police need to have some reform, though not nearly as much as the protesters are saying. They need more money, not less, so that we can get better officers (quality always costs money) and more people to handle the various situations. They need to get out of their patrol cars more and walk in the neighborhoods and meet and talk with the people, they need to be part of the community.

And of course, even more than the police, the laws need to be reformed and a lot of them repealed.