tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post357823329858418279..comments2023-11-16T05:28:12.324-05:00Comments on _It Don't Make Sense_: When The Police De-Policesig94http://www.blogger.com/profile/11460563552989533923noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post-80170302228768196472017-05-05T21:23:12.216-04:002017-05-05T21:23:12.216-04:00Amen, Curmudgeon.Amen, Curmudgeon.LindaGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203719919661519350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post-58527047994364780162017-05-05T21:06:14.188-04:002017-05-05T21:06:14.188-04:00The “Ferguson Effect” has devastated law enforceme...The “Ferguson Effect” has devastated law enforcement in America. I’m old enough to remember the respect that was given to any member of the police department. Black Lives Matter with their street demonstrations chanting “Pigs in a blanket, fry ‘em like bacon” is beyond the pale.<br /><br />Making the claim that assassinating cops is justice for those, who in their view, had been unjustly killed by law enforcement is so twisted as to defy logic. Social media and snuff films on Facebook is coarsening society and we all suffer for it.<br />Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11042237845503794179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post-33789195782890690002017-05-05T13:54:22.231-04:002017-05-05T13:54:22.231-04:00I think they have right to be concerned. I can'...I think they have right to be concerned. I can't blame them at all, and I'm glad I live somewhere where the police are still (mostly) looked up to and respected.<br /><br />I do have some reservation that Baton Rouge may be headed the way of Ferguson; but not yet, it would seem.LindaGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203719919661519350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post-31859899080350514062017-05-05T12:46:47.717-04:002017-05-05T12:46:47.717-04:00LL - and the FBI... right on. Most federal law enf...LL - and the FBI... right on. Most federal law enforcement is politically centralized and addicted to grounders that make them look good - with the exception of the DEA. I like those guys and we have had good hunting with them.sig94https://www.blogger.com/profile/11460563552989533923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post-65298940535878609272017-05-05T12:42:37.039-04:002017-05-05T12:42:37.039-04:00LL - Like I said, several of my readers know exact...LL - Like I said, several of my readers know exactly what is going on. Sometimes the de-police effect is localized within a jurisdiction due to a unique set of circumstances. This does not appear to be the case although I assume it affects only those jurisdictions with significant minority communities (AKA urban PD's).sig94https://www.blogger.com/profile/11460563552989533923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921935853428237245.post-37490981603783416162017-05-05T12:01:32.470-04:002017-05-05T12:01:32.470-04:00After the Rodney King situation (cause and effect)...After the Rodney King situation (cause and effect), LAPD just answered the radio. The guys went 10-8 with a few magazines and novels and went where they were told, when they were told and tried to stay away from the consent decree nazis. A murder? Ok, I'll drive there and take a report. An armed robbery in progress? I'll drive there SLOWLY and take the report. You get in trouble if you get in an automobile accident Code 3, so Code 1 will do. <br /><br />Police officers are exempt from liability until they own the scene. Thus, not responding at all conveys no liability. And when you want to hold officers liable for everything, they get the message. "Take your time, wait until things calm down, write a report - and hopefully you can do it on overtime." The public hops up and down, angry with this - but it's cause and effect.<br /><br />That's why crime in Baltimore has spiked and the Mayor is asking for the FBI to help (FBI=Famous But Incompetent), which only compounds the problem, because if you bought the FBI for what it was worth and sold them for what they think they're worth, you'll make a LOT of money.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.com