Infosec implications of the US Capitol physical breach

Re:Infosec implications of the US Capitol physical breach by teloli on Thursday January 07, 2021 @11:12AM (#25672699)

> This was a shameful display by the police charged with defending the rule of law in the USA

Defunding the police doesn't seem like a great idea anymore now, does it.

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Re:Infosec implications of the US Capitol physical breach by tzs on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:43PM (#25674376)

"Defund the police" doesn't mean eliminating the police, or reducing their ability to respond to in-progress violence.

It means reducing the scope of the police so that they aren't the ones dealing with things like homelessness and mental illness, things that they usually are not trained to deal with.

Here's a good explanation [1].

[1] https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/a33024951/defund-the-p...

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Re:Infosec implications of the US Capitol physical breach by teloli on Thursday January 07, 2021 @02:08PM (#25675691)

It does mean reducing their budget though, and with a potentially long lasting insurrection ahead you either need public police or private...

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Re:Infosec implications of the US Capitol physical breach by quasse on Thursday January 07, 2021 @11:15AM (#25672767)

I mean, as we saw yesterday the USCP doesn't seem to be doing much good with their $460 million budget.

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Re:Infosec implications of the US Capitol physical breach by ryosuke on Thursday January 07, 2021 @11:34AM (#25673175)

I don't think the reason for their ineptitude was lack of funding.

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