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Police have been quitting in droves in the last year

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Re: Police have been quitting in droves in the last year

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Post by gherkinnn »

bserge wrote: post #8
ceejayoz wrote: post #5

> Finally, officers said they were asked to handle too much; they were constantly thrown at tangled societal problems like mental health breakdowns or drug overdoses, they said, for which they were ill-equipped — then blamed when things went wrong. Sounds like they've got some common ground with the "defund the police" folks, if they'd listen a bit.

I'm guessing it would've been better if they went with "Distribute funds properly" instead of "Defund the police".

Only absolutist sentiments make good slogans.

Re: Police have been quitting in droves in the last year

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Post by slowhand09 »

Hamuko wrote: post #22
_fat_santa wrote: post #3

Policing has to be one of the hardest jobs in our modern society, I honestly couldn't event imagine the stress. Imagine picking up a JIRA ticket at work and not knowing if that ticket is going to a run of the mill bug fix or something that can kill you. That's just out of the realm of possibility for an SWE but for a cop it can be any one of the calls they take on a daily basis. I've always had respect for cops becau…

> Policing has to be one of the hardest jobs in our modern society I'm guessing "our modern society" refers to the United States and not modern society as a whole. As far as I can tell, in my country, only two police officers have died on the job between the years 2000 and 2016. There also seems to be a wide disparity in people who get killed by a police officer. It seems more like it's just inherently more dangerous…

Will you tell us what country that is?

Re: Police have been quitting in droves in the last year

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Post by throwaway2048 »

yakshaving_jgt wrote: post #20
_fat_santa wrote: post #3

Policing has to be one of the hardest jobs in our modern society, I honestly couldn't event imagine the stress. Imagine picking up a JIRA ticket at work and not knowing if that ticket is going to a run of the mill bug fix or something that can kill you. That's just out of the realm of possibility for an SWE but for a cop it can be any one of the calls they take on a daily basis. I've always had respect for cops becau…

Imagine just doing your best to help your local community by building some online community notice board, only for a rabid horde to start picketing your house, shouting ALL PROGRAMMERS ARE BASTARDS!!!

The problem is lots of police members don't do their best to help their local communities, and the ones that do stand behind that ones that definitely don't.

Re: Police have been quitting in droves in the last year

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Post by busterarm »

nradov wrote: post #19
_fat_santa wrote: post #3

Policing has to be one of the hardest jobs in our modern society, I honestly couldn't event imagine the stress. Imagine picking up a JIRA ticket at work and not knowing if that ticket is going to a run of the mill bug fix or something that can kill you. That's just out of the realm of possibility for an SWE but for a cop it can be any one of the calls they take on a daily basis. I've always had respect for cops becau…

Law enforcement can be dangerous but it's only #22 in occupational death rates. Lumberjacks and roofers are far more likely to get killed. https://www.ishn.com/articles/112748-top-25-most-dangerous-j...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

Re: Police have been quitting in droves in the last year

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Post by buildbot »

_fat_santa wrote: post #3

Policing has to be one of the hardest jobs in our modern society, I honestly couldn't event imagine the stress. Imagine picking up a JIRA ticket at work and not knowing if that ticket is going to a run of the mill bug fix or something that can kill you. That's just out of the realm of possibility for an SWE but for a cop it can be any one of the calls they take on a daily basis. I've always had respect for cops becau…

Yep, always live in fear, always be ready to kill anything you are afraid of. Sounds like safe people to be around…

Re: Police have been quitting in droves in the last year

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Post by draw_down »

ceejayoz wrote: post #5

> Finally, officers said they were asked to handle too much; they were constantly thrown at tangled societal problems like mental health breakdowns or drug overdoses, they said, for which they were ill-equipped — then blamed when things went wrong. Sounds like they've got some common ground with the "defund the police" folks, if they'd listen a bit.

Yeah, people love to “find common ground” with others who are protesting to make their jobs go away. Come on.

My point isn’t even that “defund the police” is stupid and meaningless (which I think it is) but you’re suggesting cats and dogs live together.

Re: Police have been quitting in droves in the last year

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Post by hanselot »

ct0 wrote: post #17
_fat_santa wrote: post #3

Policing has to be one of the hardest jobs in our modern society, I honestly couldn't event imagine the stress. Imagine picking up a JIRA ticket at work and not knowing if that ticket is going to a run of the mill bug fix or something that can kill you. That's just out of the realm of possibility for an SWE but for a cop it can be any one of the calls they take on a daily basis. I've always had respect for cops becau…

My opinion of cops has changed as i've gotten older. I used to think they had nothing better to do but bother me, the youth, but in hindsight they have too much to do and are expected to always be on, alert, and accountable. Something that takes a lot of courage. I respect them more, especially after the extremely divisive events of the past 2-3 years, riots, attacks, etc.

What riots? I thought they were peaceful protests? The TV man said so.

Re: Police have been quitting in droves in the last year

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Post by Hamuko »

slowhand09 wrote: post #32
Hamuko wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Policing has to be one of the hardest jobs in our modern society I'm guessing "our modern society" refers to the United States and not modern society as a whole. As far as I can tell, in my country, only two police officers have died on the job between the years 2000 and 2016. There also seems to be a wide disparity in people who get killed by a police officer. It seems more like it's just inherently more dangerous…

Will you tell us what country that is?

Finland. Population of 5.5 million people, around 1.5 million registered firearms (2016).
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