41–50 of 119 posts
I guess it's a modern theme, but is this the image they want to portray? Looks more like a movie or magazine website rather than a professional police force.
It's militaristic, it's alienating, it's fetishistic, it's hostile, it insidiously portrays class and ethnic conflict as an everyday battle worth fighting, and it panders to the worst in Americans who already endorse the myriad excesses and injustices of an ever-growing quasi-private law and order machine that has ruined the lives of millions. But awesome job on the scrollbars, yo.
Compare and contrast the pictures used on the 'about' page of the Victoria police website:
http://www.police.vic.gov.au/content.asp?Document_ID=3
With the images on the same section of the Milwaukee police website:
http://www.milwaukeepolicenews.com/#menu=about-page
What do the two different pictures say about how the police view themselves and their job? Looking at the images how do you think the two police departments relate to the community they serve? What type of potential recruits would be attracted to the Victoria police VS Milwaukee police?
Kudos for breaking the mold and I love the design from a "this is new and fun" perspective, but I completely disagree from a functional perspective. It looks really neat (if a little over-testosteroned), but if I'm visiting the police's web page then I might want to do one of the following (there are plenty more, these are just an example): - Find the non-emergency number for the police; - Report a crime; - Find my c…
That's a rather impressive rant to write without apparently ever considering whether this site is intended to be used for any of that stuff.
I'm not sure exactly what issue you're taking up here, because grandparent clearly states some very straightforward and common user scenarios that any police website should be expecting to handle, and handle efficiently.
This site loads like a dog on my machine. Or perhaps that's a shout out to the K9 unit.
To be clear, this is NOT the official website, thank God. It is their PR site that was designed pro bono by an ad agency. They still have a standard website, ugly, but with actual information and not just visuals. http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/milwaukee-unveils-worlds-best-...
Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's a rather impressive rant to write without apparently ever considering whether this site is intended to be used for any of that stuff.
Clearly it is intended for those use cases, because, as grandparent said, the links to find the answers are there, it's just not that easily available. I'm not sure exactly what issue you're taking up here, because grandparent clearly states some very straightforward and common user scenarios that any police website should be expecting to handle, and handle efficiently. This site loads like a dog on my machine. Or pe…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I grew up in Milwaukee, and I agree, it only serves to support the strong division in that city. I wonder if this is related to hiring problems? The glorification could help find new candidates. I hear the MPD is always hiring...
> I grew up in Milwaukee, and I agree, it only serves to support the strong division in that city. Can you elaborate on this? Wisconsin has never struck me as a state with a particularly conservative streak.
It's militaristic, it's alienating, it's fetishistic, it's hostile, it insidiously portrays class and ethnic conflict as an everyday battle worth fighting, and it panders to the worst in Americans who already endorse the myriad excesses and injustices of an ever-growing quasi-private law and order machine that has ruined the lives of millions. But awesome job on the scrollbars, yo.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I grew up in Milwaukee, and I agree, it only serves to support the strong division in that city. Can you elaborate on this? Wisconsin has never struck me as a state with a particularly conservative streak.
States are pretty large entities. My state, Washington, is coastal and unquestionably liberal, but we have huge groups of conservatives. When you actually squint, though, you'll notice that there's a political West versus East divide in the state itself that maps pretty well to Left versus Right... or urban versus rural. Similarly, I grew up in California, which used to be famous for how liberal it was, until the Rep…
A nitpick about the website: It completely breaks the back button. Back un-scrolls?! WTF. And now for the sad commentary on the social state: The vehicle in the picture says "Rescue" on it in large, friendly letters. The vehicle is a tank festooned with gun ports.
Just for fun, I tried searching for rescue in the page. The scroll magic they are using causes the found word in chrome to be off the screen.