Good guy with a gun...

[Benton]

(11-13-2018, 11:43 AM)GMDino Wrote: I posted a story a while back (maybe old version of the board) about how other countries train their police more about de-escalation and how to handle people versus how america trains.  Including more time for training.

Of course that involves time and money.  And if there is one thing the powers that be insist on it is NOT spending more money.  Especially for something as silly as training like that.

Part of that goes back to the lack of federal/state support. People generally don't realize how much money used to come back to the community in a variety of forms (LEO training grants, CDBGs, road construction, etc). Now, those dollars are largely gone outside of the Dept. of Ag. as we pump more and more money into overseas fighting and offsetting top earner tax cuts. Even when there are grants available, sometimes they aren't for things that really make sense. Like one of the local PDs recently cleaned out the closet. Part of the surplus was four gas masks sent by the feds after 9-11. The Chief couldn't remember the exact cost, but each one was around a couple hundred dollars. Hindsight is 20/20, but that's money that could have gone to things that were likely needed. It's doubtful there was going to be a gas attack on a town of 800.