Submitted by [deleted] t3_ztcwpv in massachusetts
BlaineTog t1_j1ej21r wrote
Reply to comment by warlocc_ in Former State Police Captain indicted on CP charges by [deleted]
Absolutely. Right now, we throw the police at basically every problem facing society as our first line of defense, and that's simply ridiculous. Most police officers never fire their guns on duty, so why do sending armed individuals trained mostly in the use of force to places where guns clearly aren't needed? Surely some percentage of those situations would be better handed by agencies staffed with unarmed professionals trained in the particulars. If the threat of violence is enough to keep the peace, then isn't it enough to know that attacking one of those agents might then summon the police? That would at least prevent the state actors from making split-second mistakes.
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