News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on To defund the police, activists rewrote city budgets. Parent comment

Re:To defund the police, activists rewrote city budgets by jdkee on Thursday June 04, 2020 @05:04PM (#23421765)
Also, stop expecting police officers to be social workers. Police officers project force, power and violence on behalf of the state. Migrate a subset of law enforcement officers to social work positions. That is assuming that crime doesn't spike in the process.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:To defund the police, activists rewrote city budgets by simplify on Thursday June 04, 2020 @07:37PM (#23423302)
Wouldn't doing that imply we expect police officers to behave the exact way they're behaving now? How does that help?

Isn't it better to expect police officers to provide an actual benefit to society, and construct laws from that point of view?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:To defund the police, activists rewrote city budgets by Avicebron on Thursday June 04, 2020 @05:35PM (#23422130)
Was speaking with my Co-worker from Beijing earlier today, apparently many (all?) neighborhoods have dedicated officers that focus just on solving social problems in that community. Seems like a great idea in theory.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:To defund the police, activists rewrote city budgets by baybal2 on Thursday June 04, 2020 @07:19PM (#23423163)
That's true, that neighbour watch officer is also an extra pair of ears for the government
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:To defund the police, activists rewrote city budgets by toofy on Thursday June 04, 2020 @05:13PM (#23421882)
That’s a good idea as well. I just read a couple of articles (They’re back at my computer so I don’t have links handy, sorry) and apparently the Minneapolis mayor has put together a task force on different ways to completely dismantle their police force and build it from scratch–I suspect an idea like yours would fit in nicely, take some of the current forces overblown budget and redirect a bit more of the funds towards programs which are aimed at making a community healthier rather than an enemy.
[ Parent | on HN ]