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<blockquote data-quote="TedKennedy" data-source="post: 3559847" data-attributes="member: 25419"><p>I have "needed" cops on a couple of occasions. They documented a traffic incident after the fact, and the report was very helpful. Last year my home alarm went off and when I arrived, two of SPD's finest were standing in my yard. My front door was open, and my dogs were inside. The senior officer said, "i really doubt anyone's in there". I laughed and said "nope, probably not. I appreciate y'all showing up". </p><p></p><p>Not sure I "needed" the cops that day, but they were doing their job, I was doing mine, and my dogs didn't get shot. Happy ending. What if I hadn't had a cop that day? Same outcome. </p><p></p><p>We need cops to investigate actual crimes. That's kinda the point of having cops. Possessing an inanimate object is an arbitrary rule, a victimless crime. Wanting to be left alone is not a crime. Too many, way too many cops get the "respect muh authoritah or else" attitude, and any interaction has the possibility of turning sour. </p><p></p><p>Too many thugs are walking the streets and being let out for actual crimes, and cops are being prevented from keeping them out of society. Why a decent cop would choose to patrol in some areas is beyond me. </p><p></p><p>Perhaps if we ended QI, quit locking people up for arbitrary crimes and focused on actual crimes with victims, we'd have more room in prisons for real bad guys, fewer young folks with limited job opportunities from catching a felony on possession, respect for the LEOs that act as a safeguard against violence in neighborhoods? </p><p></p><p>When an officer rapes, assaults, kills someone, intimidates a witness, and the Thin Blue Line closes ranks, that's not helping anything except a culture of lawlessness. RICO act should be invoked for some of this crap...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TedKennedy, post: 3559847, member: 25419"] I have "needed" cops on a couple of occasions. They documented a traffic incident after the fact, and the report was very helpful. Last year my home alarm went off and when I arrived, two of SPD's finest were standing in my yard. My front door was open, and my dogs were inside. The senior officer said, "i really doubt anyone's in there". I laughed and said "nope, probably not. I appreciate y'all showing up". Not sure I "needed" the cops that day, but they were doing their job, I was doing mine, and my dogs didn't get shot. Happy ending. What if I hadn't had a cop that day? Same outcome. We need cops to investigate actual crimes. That's kinda the point of having cops. Possessing an inanimate object is an arbitrary rule, a victimless crime. Wanting to be left alone is not a crime. Too many, way too many cops get the "respect muh authoritah or else" attitude, and any interaction has the possibility of turning sour. Too many thugs are walking the streets and being let out for actual crimes, and cops are being prevented from keeping them out of society. Why a decent cop would choose to patrol in some areas is beyond me. Perhaps if we ended QI, quit locking people up for arbitrary crimes and focused on actual crimes with victims, we'd have more room in prisons for real bad guys, fewer young folks with limited job opportunities from catching a felony on possession, respect for the LEOs that act as a safeguard against violence in neighborhoods? When an officer rapes, assaults, kills someone, intimidates a witness, and the Thin Blue Line closes ranks, that's not helping anything except a culture of lawlessness. RICO act should be invoked for some of this crap... [/QUOTE]
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