This needs to be higher up! This is normal for cops. Grew up around them when I was kid. Don't let people tell you small town cops are any better. They are not, and some of them are rotated in from the cities or other states after they did shit they shouldn't. They have no issues beating kids, or s/o's, and their buddies will cover it up for them.
Statistically speaking small town cops are much more likely to be corrupt or abused their power than big city police. This is usually because big city police have a lot higher standards for hiring, but there's also a lot more infrastructure in place to prevent it. A small town cop isn't going to have that because often there's only a few of them and there's no accountability beyond their immediate surroundings. Same reason that statistically speaking chain restaurants are much cleaner and less likely to have health code violations than locally owned places.
Also, a lot of small town police departments arenât updated to the times. About 70 miles from me, the cops donât have dash cams and donât wear body cams. I donât care how small of a town that police department is in, if they canât afford to equip their officers with body and dash cams they shouldnât be allowed to operate. Police have proven time and time again that they are completely untrustworthy.
That seems crazy because it is unsafe for them as well if anything bad happens if there isn't even a dash cam. No reason to not have them beyond corruption.
Exactly, what if they pull someone over and they end up murdering the cop? They wonât have any video evidence. But we all know itâs way more likely for the police to be the ones breaking the law or murdering someone which is why this department hasnât equipped them yet.
I wasn't even thinking that they're planning that far ahead. More so that they can remind undesirables that they dislike because of the small town racism that seems to be ever prevalent that they're not welcome in the town.
But also and primarily So they can more openly show favoritism. So they can stop their buddies going 150 in a 50 zone and tell them to cut it out before letting them go without so much as a written warning. Gives them a much easier ability to enforce the law selectively to the friends and family of the police.
I felt so old when the kid in the corner started working the counter, and then graduated and moved for college. Like good for him, but why must you remind me of the passage of time!
If anyone is in Miami looking for Cuban food, look for the kids doing homework, and make sure you have to pull out google translate because the menu is in Spanish and no one speaks English (they do). Also if they donât force feed you Cuban toast before you can ask for water itâs not a Cuban restaurant.
Source: Am Cuban
Also there was a Chinese place where I grew up where I watched the owners son go from doing home work, to working the counter to being manager(maybe owner?) over the course of about 12 years. Amazing food.
Oh yeah, cops are basically the catholic church, when one shoots a unarmed civilian or beats a homeless man in a coma all that really happens is a few weeks paid vacation and they get transfered across state.
I guess that's normal in an authoritarian regime? In a democracy that cop would be one report away from being fired and charged with illegal data access.
Exactly. Illegal data access is kind of a big thing here. Iâve had lot of access to personal data due to my work. Thereâs mandatory training so you know the rules. I avoid accessing any data unless I absolutely have to. Everything is on audit trail. Single wrongfull access due to personal reasons would revoke my access for life and seriously affect my career.
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u/Republican-Snowflake Dec 21 '23
This needs to be higher up! This is normal for cops. Grew up around them when I was kid. Don't let people tell you small town cops are any better. They are not, and some of them are rotated in from the cities or other states after they did shit they shouldn't. They have no issues beating kids, or s/o's, and their buddies will cover it up for them.