• Xerxos@lemmy.ml
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    4 days ago

    What we need is a police force of negotiators and social workers.

    A police officer should only get a job after a mandatory time spent as a social worker and a expensive study of law and peaceful conflict resolving.

    Before that: no weapons and no authority.

    Also accountability: every bullet and every taser use has to be explained. Cams 24/7 on the job, disabling them should be a grounds for immediate expulsion.

    Oh and of course, cops should no longer be above the law.

    I think this would also scare away a lot of the people who become police officers for the wrong reasons.

    Yes, I believe it could be possible to have good cops - it’s just not possible under the current system. Hell, the current system is a deterrent to good cops.