• collapse_already@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    The personality disorder that leads people to be cops ought to be a disqualifying trait. I don’t really know how we would get appropriate people. The job itself probably creates some of the personality disorder- repeatedly seeing horrible crime scenes is probably traumatic and encountering awful people might create prejudices. It’s also bad that some departments disqualify candidates if their IQ is too high.

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      2 months ago

      A partial solution is quite simple: Separate violent crime police from administrative police. This is actually the point of police defunding. You don’t need to SWAT unit, or even a firearm to respond to traffic violations, noise complaints, loitering, or domestic abuse.

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        2 months ago

        Actually on the last point many times you do need a firearm or other options during domestic abuse calls.

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      2 months ago

      You seem to think there is any will to change anything. There isn’t, the system is already working exactly as intended.