(06-07-2020, 07:47 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote:

(06-07-2020, 02:11 PM)JackCity Wrote: Camden, New Jersey

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1) yes 
2) You defund the current organization and disband, it then make a new one with reformed practices 
3) Focus on descalation,  treating personal drug use as a healthcare problem , mental health experts being deployed, removal of secondary military gear, closer background checks on officers etc etc, modern practices in other words

Deescalation is the new buzzword. Police departments have been focusing on that for decades. Training them less on how to physically resolve a situation will get them or someone else killed. 

The police shouldn’t be involved in treating drugs or mental. It conflicts with the goal of enforcing laws. If the goal is to treat people, there should a group of people doing that.

That military gear seems to be pretty useful during these riots. They don’t need to go anywhere. How would military equipment have stopped unjustified shootings or the injustices you claim these communities face?

Background checks often including calling every neighbor you’ve ever had, every employer, criminal arrests, debt, lawsuits, psychological evaluations, written examinations, etc. I’m not against the idea of making them more thorough. I just don’t know what else you could reasonably do.

Cool. It hasn't worked at all based on the evidence of the past week. 

The military gear directly contributed to the escalation of peaceful protests and brutality inflicted on peaceful protestors by police. Also tear gassing at your first point of contact with a peaceful crowd should be the antithesis of modern policing. 

The important part of your last paragraph is that background checks need to maintain while the officer is active , too many loose cannons allowed to continue working.. Police offers are more likely to be involved in domestic violence cases at home for a reason, better psychological testing can be done very easily, but of course the mental profile they deem acceptable is part of the problem

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