Re:From NASA to Amtrak, These Are All the Government Agencie...
by throw0101a on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @09:42PM
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> I think it speaks mostly to the general trend of police militarization, which is both enabled and normalized to the extent that basically every law enforcement agency is expected to have a tactical unit, even if it's a relatively obscure and small agency.
In some ways have these types of teams/units could be useful, as it could allow more 'aggressive' tactics to be standard operating procedure (SOP) for only certain officers allowing others to be trained for other things.
Perhaps putting all the "warriors" into special units that are only deployed in certain circumstances could allow for the beat cops to have different mentality:
In some ways have these types of teams/units could be useful, as it could allow more 'aggressive' tactics to be standard operating procedure (SOP) for only certain officers allowing others to be trained for other things.
* https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/06/am...
* http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/06/29/many-countries-po...
It's like in the UK where most officers are unarmed, and only a select few are trained for firearms:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specialist_Firearms_Command
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_unit
In Germany, where all (?) officers are armed:
* https://www.dw.com/en/why-german-police-officers-rarely-reac...
* https://www.dw.com/en/when-are-german-police-allowed-to-use-...
Perhaps putting all the "warriors" into special units that are only deployed in certain circumstances could allow for the beat cops to have different mentality:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_of_the_Warrior_Cop