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submitted 3 months ago by [M] to c/latestagecapitalism@lemmy.world
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In Los Angeles, a woman was celebrating the Knicks' victory in the NBA when a neighbour called the police about the noise... 20 cops showed up and shot her dog, a "dangerous" Golden Doodle, when she opened the door to her home.

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[–] 17 points 3 months ago (3 children)

There is merit to some of what you say, but they still took the job. If you can't make reasonable decisions with firearms then you shouldn't be a cop. The rest is just noise.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    I mean, yes, they are clearly individually bad, people making bad choices because they do not value the life of a dog above any risk to themselves or even fairly minor inconvenience.

    At the same time, this is a bad job. Not a bad job to have, a bad job for society to make. There should not be cops. Cops are way to mixed as a profession.

    Investigators of crimes? That is a reasonable job.

    Dispute resolution specialists? Sure.

    Someone to step between people having a domestic altercation? Yes, of course.

    But just like you wouldn't want an emergency room doctor to also be a mortician you shouldn't want the traffic enforcement person to be the one to deal with a mental health crisis. The role has grown too large and cannot reasonably be performed well. It needs to be divided.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    I think it's more of an issue of the minimum qualification requirements and the quality of police training. I thought that the whole point of training is to make sure you will make reasonable decisions with a firearm?

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