We need public safety.
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We need public safety.
I don’t know what this is, but it’s sure as hell not public safety.
From @nullagent:
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I am simply saying — hear me out now — that we should stop doing what doesn’t work, and replace the police with something else, something very different, that •does• work.
This is not a wild idea.
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@inthehands If it was literally anyone other than a police officer, we'd be calling it a mass shooting, reporters would be digging up dirt on the the disturbed shooter/shooters, someone would inevitably call them 'crazy' and try to blame poor mental health, people would be pointing fingers at who gave them the gun.
But because the guy managed to complete 6 months of community college-level education, we give them a gun and a free pass.
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Jenniferplusplusreplied to Paul Cantrell last edited by
@inthehands have I brought up my idea to separate the function of cops into exactly public safety and law enforcement?
Public safety would be an emergency service, empowered very narrowly to contain and end dangerous situations, and obligated to protect life, health, and property, in that order. They would have no investigative or law enforcement powers whatsoever.
And law enforcement would be like it sounds, but with no authority to use force or violence.
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Jenniferplusplusreplied to Jenniferplusplus last edited by
@inthehands neither would have the authority to enforce traffic rules.
I'm not sure what to do about warrants and court judgements. My first thought is to have courts do it themselves, but that's a little fraught.
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Paul Cantrellreplied to Jenniferplusplus last edited by
@jenniferplusplus Modulo a zillion details, this seems like a really promising direction of thought. As for your questions about who performs law enforcement functions and how, US Marshals are probably a model to study.
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@mathaetaes
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@inthehands If you're talking about US-model policing, one starting point might be the Peelian Principles. Mostly fallen by the wayside in the UK after 200 years but they were revolutionary in the 1820s, and to this day British cops aren't as venal and violent as their US counterparts.
Take the Principles and add an overriding duty to "protect the public" as higher priority than "enforce the law"—bearing in mind that even suspected lawbreakers are part of the public—and it's a start.