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Do you trust/like the police? Ever had any encounters with the police? Just give your general thoughts
Sure, I totally trust the police in my country and have a very positive opinion of them. They do their best to uphold public safety. You might feel mad when they pull you over for a broken tail light or going a few km's over the speed limit but they're just doing their job. I have very little respect for people who are against police officers and call them things like pigs.
Oryx, in my country policing is a two year university course before you go into the more tactical areas of operating, that's a big commitment and requires a lot of classes on ethics and the law. I'd be suspicious of police in countries like Mexico but I reckon the better training they have it will actually discourage power trippers. Those are the type of people who could get it easier by being in a gang.
Also I think it's nonsense that minorities are treated worse by the police. If you can be calm and respectful to authority you will receive the same treatment. Because some minorities don't do that doesn't mean it's racial profiling.
Ugh, ask any police officer whether they like the violence part of their job. Hitting people with batons, using tasers, mace etc. It's quite delusional and even insulting to suggest all these people in the police or military are good for is violence, that they are thugs in uniforms. Low initial requirements give out to the fact that policing is physically and mentally demanding as well as time consuming. With the amount of debt your students amass in university pursuing a degree it's probably a wiser choice to get a job like that.
What do you think of other public service jobs, firefighters, EMS, the garbage collector, are they all undesirable because they have low skills or is it that you have a personal distaste for violence? That I can understand if you don't want to be drafted to serve against your will but when you need them people who are able and willing to use force will do their best to save you from various types of dangers. The fear of them being the danger is irrational if you follow the law. It's just they do a thankless job when you don't need them.
Recently some black kid stole something from a service station, ran from the police and was shot to death. I won't deny that was excessive force and reprehensible but if you don't want to be the one that suffers from judgement errors of human beings trying to do a difficult job don't commit a crime.
On the whole I think the majority of police in first world countries are well trained, regulated and conscious of the peoples welfare. A user here made an enlightening post about the related job of being a security guard, whilst individual results may vary with law enforcement I think it's fairer to appreciate the vital job they do rather than assuming they are all sadistic monsters who like to hurt people.
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Also I think it's nonsense that minorities are treated worse by the police. If you can be calm and respectful to authority you will receive the same treatment. Because some minorities don't do that doesn't mean it's racial profiling.
Recently some black kid stole something from a service station, ran from the police and was shot to death. I won't deny that was excessive force and reprehensible but if you don't want to be the one that suffers from judgement errors of human beings trying to do a difficult job don't commit a crime.
A firefighter is actually a great example of a person who helps people using their strength but not through choking people to death, as a police officer recently did and only got in trouble because it was on camera.
Too bad there are fire fighters that are also firebugs or start fires to fulfill their hero complex. I guess by your logic we should distrust and disrespect all fire fighters and the danger they put themselves in for the sake of a minority in the organisation. ****ing fire fighters!