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Re:Lawmakers begin bipartisan push to cut off police access ... by nsl73 on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @02:10PM (#23394066)
> Most cops should be issued a radio and a bicycle, so you attract people who want to look like [1] instead of [2].

Having police on the roads is having a huge positive impact on drinking and driving. Let’s be careful not to over-correct when demilitarizing our police force.

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Re:Lawmakers begin bipartisan push to cut off police access ... by Loughla on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @02:36PM (#23394446)
That just strikes me as a disingenuous argument. No one can argue that drinking and driving is bad. But I would argue that drinking and driving is not correlated to SWAT teams being kitted out like they're on the ground in Afghanistan in 2004, and regular street police having access to military weaponry.
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Re:Lawmakers begin bipartisan push to cut off police access ... by mulmen on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @04:11PM (#23395774)
How does an MRAP reduce drunk driving?

How does any military hardware reduce drunk driving?

Yes, police need cars. That’s not controversial.

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Re:Lawmakers begin bipartisan push to cut off police access ... by Faaak on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @02:16PM (#23394144)
Compared to other countries (that have less crime rates), US' police is _way_ too much militarized. So the margin is quite big
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Re:Lawmakers begin bipartisan push to cut off police access ... by tripzilch on Friday June 05, 2020 @11:28AM (#23429646)
Apparently, other developed countries have found different ways to reduce drinking and driving ...
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