09-18-2015, 01:03 PM
(09-18-2015, 12:55 PM)Vas Deferens Wrote: I do think police need to be better trained in conflict resolution. Seems like in a lot of these situations you see police just going right to force, without trying to talk through a situation. Probably going to get reamed by some here for that comment, but again, just one middle aged white guy with an opinion and occasional compassion.
Actually I think almost everyone here agrees with this.
On the streets police officers have ultimate authority over everyone else. This is unlike pretty much any other job out there. So while all people in all lines of work make mistakes the results are magnified when a police officer makes a mistake because of the amount of power and authority a police officer has.
Police don't need more training because they are more stupid or corrupt than people in other fields. Instead they need more training because of the amount of authority they are given over every citizen.
The more power and authority a person has the more likely he is to abuse that power and the more training is required to avoid this abuse.
