Instead of lurking around trying to give people tickets for bullshit, why don't cops hang around soft target areas?

Schools, malls, grocery stores, substations, etc. You know, all those places people like to shoot up.

Go guard some shit and protect some people?

Bad idea?

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MethDozer · M

I've been asking this for years.

To be fair though, I hear the same response over and over from people when I have asked thos IRL and online that "schools aren't a place for police ". Which shootings aside, I think is insane. Of course there should always be a police car at every school proetectin children and staff from all kinds of things.

It just makes sense to always have an officer or three at every school, mall, and mass transite station. Not necessarily all tacted out wandering the halls, but hanging out unseen just in case.

SW-User

@MethDozer exactly. They need to change their motto because they dont seem to do very much protecting.

If anything, cops are just another thing for people to look over their shoulder for.

MethDozer · M

@SW-User I have a bad attitude too, but it's both honestly.

Personally I think one of the problems that needs to be fixed is apponting Police Chiefs. The brass positions in a department should be elected positions just like Sheriffs typically are.

MethDozer · M

@SW-User Also to be fair. I think part of the monster has been created by us... how often have you heard people complain "where are the police?" over pretty trivial and pointless shit that are little more than annoyances?
Someone ran a four way stop sign with no other cars..."where are the police?"

Kids lighting off firecrackers...
"Where are the police?"

Two drunks willingly fighting each other over some chick..

"Where are the police?"

As a society I kinda also think we need to learn and deal with some of these annoyances instead of always asking "where are the police?" And "why isn't there a law?" and allow them to actually focus on true crimes and safety. Instead we as whole have asked for this group of armed babysitters and wonder why we have such a problem.

SW-User

@MethDozer i feel like it's a select group of people who act like that.

The rest of us just want the cops to leave us alone, honestly.

MethDozer · M

@SW-User To an extent, but when you are talking about these types of things you have to use generalizations. Also I think we are at a time where the question is starting to be asked more than it was in very recent past.