Re:A Digital Rumor Should Never Lead to a Police Raid
by YeGoblynQueenne on Friday September 23, 2016 @07:32AM
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>> As long as the police don't falsify reports that exaggerate those numbers, and behave in a civil manner towards complying citizens, then it should be "okay".
Another objection: there's no good reasons for police to be un-civil, even if someone is not complying. If the citizen is being a bit difficult and the police office responds in kind you can bet the situation is going to get out of hand - and who knows where it will stop? And because it's the officer that has the clear upper hand in an aggression situation (they can call backups, and their backups can call backups -with armored cars) it's the officer that has to remember to put their personal feelings aside and be professional.
Also, cops aren't the only ones who have to deal with rude and unprofessional behaviour at work. Everyone learns to deal with that sort of thing and the best way is always to set your ego aside and avoid escalation.
Another objection: there's no good reasons for police to be un-civil, even if someone is not complying. If the citizen is being a bit difficult and the police office responds in kind you can bet the situation is going to get out of hand - and who knows where it will stop? And because it's the officer that has the clear upper hand in an aggression situation (they can call backups, and their backups can call backups -with armored cars) it's the officer that has to remember to put their personal feelings aside and be professional.
Also, cops aren't the only ones who have to deal with rude and unprofessional behaviour at work. Everyone learns to deal with that sort of thing and the best way is always to set your ego aside and avoid escalation.
It takes two to tango and all that jazz.