Cops: No Snarky Nor Positive Title

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Two cops and one paramedic shot dead in Burnsville this morning answering a domestic

thank god whoever was in that house criming had access to a gun

[Kepler]

https://www.threads.net/@abcnews/pos...c4MTIwNjQ2YQ==



Reports say he was texting while driving. New way to kill a perp I guess...

You know the FOP will give him a sobbing hero's funeral too. "Killed in the line of duty."

[Handyman]

https://www.threads.net/@abcnews/pos...c4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

The body of a Tennessee deputy who disappeared after making an arrest has been recovered, hours after his patrol vehicle was pulled from a river, officials said Thursday night.
The body of a woman handcuffed in the backseat was also recovered in the vehicle, which was found submerged in the Tennessee River, officials said. https://abcnews.visitlink.me/UM_1qW

Reports say he was texting while driving. New way to kill a perp I guess...

[Handyman]

They don't just fear unarmed Black Men...one cop just lost his job because (and I am not making this up) while a perp was in his backseat he heard and acorn fall fell to the ground yelling "shots fired!!! IM HIT!" and his partner (who was exonerated) then proceeded to fire bullets into the car. Thankfully they all missed the guy in the car.

[WeAreNDHockey]

Indiana's minimum wage is still $7.25/hour, and the median annual income was around $53,000 in 2023. Mishawaka police recruits will now be paid $89,000 a year, starting pay. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, that's beyond the 90th percentile for wages in the state.

Mishawaka is adjacent to South Bend and is a city of around 50,000. And remember, that $89,000 is starting pay. Clear probation and start sucking up the OT that all cops love, and the wage will very quickly be in excess of $100,000 annually. And that's for an entry level position.

Anyone who thinks cops are UNDERpaid (and most of those who do also complain about how HIGH taxes are) needs to pay closer attention. Throw in the generous benefits and a pension that virtually no private sector wage earner (and a whole lot of public sector wage earners) will enjoy and it is a wonder cops can complain about their pay with a straight face. Of course these are the same people who are afraid of unarmed black men despite the fact they themselves are armed to the hilt and generally can kill with impunity. At least they are well-off cowards.

[MissThundercat]

Australia: cops take advantage of an I/DD individual to for... reasons.

https://www.theguardian.com/australi...c1PerG1UDiUyHw

[LynahFan]

I'm getting very tired of local PDs being permitted to have military armaments and conduct SWAT raids. Local cops have zero business possessing any military-grade equipment and weapons of war, or being directly involved in any raids, knock or no-knock. At least leave it to the special task forces from the state boys and the feds.

But how will local pols raise donations if they can’t brag about the millions of taxpayer dollars they’re funneling to their hometown heroes?

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Heroes, one and all. Back the blue.

I'm getting very tired of local PDs being permitted to have military armaments and conduct SWAT raids. Local cops have zero business possessing any military-grade equipment and weapons of war, or being directly involved in any raids, knock or no-knock. At least leave it to the special task forces from the state boys and the feds.

[WeAreNDHockey]

In 2023, police officers killed more than 1300 people. I don't care what the reasons were surrounding any of these incidents as individual occurrences, something has gone terribly wrong when the police are killing more than 3 people every single day. According to the group Mapping Police Violence, there were only 14 days in 2023 without a police killing. On average, someone was killed by the police every 6 1/2 hours.

In a society with such a proliferation of guns and easy access to them, it is somewhat understandable when the police shoot someone. If you routinely carry a firearm and someone else carrying one threatens you with it or fires at you, you will probably return fire. But that clearly does not explain all or most of these killings.

In so many ways, we are worse than a third world country. In so many ways, we actually are one of trumps "5h!t-hole" countries.

[WeAreNDHockey]

Heroes, one and all. Back the blue.

[rufus]

Meskin, though.

[MissThundercat]

Not a drag queen. Not a trans woman either.

https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/20...li2liv4usKj3G4

[Handyman]

This. Members of the MPD may have started that mess in May 2020, but in the ensuing unrest the State Patrol came in and said “Hold my beer.”

[RaceBoarder]

The other thought is what do you do with "split" states like IL or NY where there is a GIANT divide between the urban center(s) and the rural 80% of the state?

Even with standard training, you are gonna essentially have the same job in two different areas where one is super "easy" and the other is "difficult".

I can only imagine the corruption that would go into who gets to work where.

[state of hockey]

Half the states can't fix their roads but you want them to be in charge of the cops? Are you nuts? The abuse will be ten times worse and the citizens will have no way to stop it. Not to mention you get tbe wrong government in place and you have a recipe for serious disaster.

State cops and County Sherrifs are some of the worst around...you guys are advocating for basically giving them carte blanche in the name of balancing a budget. No thanks...that may work in Alaska but in large Blue States that is a disaster. Check out the Sherrifs in California some time they are worse than the LAPD.

This. Members of the MPD may have started that mess in May 2020, but in the ensuing unrest the State Patrol came in and said “Hold my beer.”