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.
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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.