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K9PO what do you think of those mobile observation towers that have been deployed recently in some high crime areas in NYC, are they part of the trend??
I think it's a waste of money and manpower. I forget how much one of those units go for, but I do know that you need 2 men to operate the darn thing. One to be in the tower and one to guard the base so it doesn't get tampered with. Fixed posts like that ultimately end up being the cops problem if anything happens to the machine, even if the ground opens up and swallows it or high winds knock it down or if God almighty smites it. It's a passing trend, much like the Segway scooters the Police Department have recently purchased. No practical solution for a well trained and motivated beat cop.
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The police rely on the public to come forward and act as their eyes and ears, otherwise they can't do their job of catching criminals and maintaining a safe society where the weak are protected as well as the strong.
Unfortunately, politics in earlier years used the police as a tool to enforce unjust laws against certain ethnic groups and that has affected police to this day. Minority communities in America view the police with much distrust and even though statistics say the majority of crimes are committed by certan ethnicities, our troubled past comes back to haunt us. See the no snitching campaign and numerous rap songs condemning the police. This hinders us from doing our jobs and further drives a wedge between police and the communities we serve.
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Eventually you will have a Mogudishu like environment in some areas, where people view the police as the enemy, rather than as protectors, police have to use military tactics to survive, and surveilence is the only way to deter crime.
Unfortunately, in a majority of neighborhoods nationwide where there is a high poverty and crime rate, police are the enemy and not the drug dealers, rapists, and career criminals who hide among the working people. Again, a majority working people are in fear of retribution and adopt a policy of see, hear, speak no evil forcing us to take aggressive actions at times. If I can coax a criminal to surrender peacefully, make him/her from ever committing a crime ever again and give me all his drugs and contraband to take into evidence all the time, I would. Reality is some will rather kill you then spend time in jail.
K9PO what do you think of those mobile observation towers that have been deployed recently in some high crime areas in NYC, are they part of the trend??
I think it's a waste of money and manpower. I forget how much one of those units go for, but I do know that you need 2 men to operate the darn thing. One to be in the tower and one to guard the base so it doesn't get tampered with. Fixed posts like that ultimately end up being the cops problem if anything happens to the machine, even if the ground opens up and swallows it or high winds knock it down or if God almighty smites it. It's a passing trend, much like the Segway scooters the Police Department have recently purchased. No practical solution for a well trained and motivated beat cop.
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The police rely on the public to come forward and act as their eyes and ears, otherwise they can't do their job of catching criminals and maintaining a safe society where the weak are protected as well as the strong.
Unfortunately, politics in earlier years used the police as a tool to enforce unjust laws against certain ethnic groups and that has affected police to this day. Minority communities in America view the police with much distrust and even though statistics say the majority of crimes are committed by certan ethnicities, our troubled past comes back to haunt us. See the no snitching campaign and numerous rap songs condemning the police. This hinders us from doing our jobs and further drives a wedge between police and the communities we serve.
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Eventually you will have a Mogudishu like environment in some areas, where people view the police as the enemy, rather than as protectors, police have to use military tactics to survive, and surveilence is the only way to deter crime.
Unfortunately, in a majority of neighborhoods nationwide where there is a high poverty and crime rate, police are the enemy and not the drug dealers, rapists, and career criminals who hide among the working people. Again, a majority working people are in fear of retribution and adopt a policy of see, hear, speak no evil forcing us to take aggressive actions at times. If I can coax a criminal to surrender peacefully, make him/her from ever committing a crime ever again and give me all his drugs and contraband to take into evidence all the time, I would. Reality is some will rather kill you then spend time in jail.