Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to trigger copyright filters

Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by Teever on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @07:39PM (#26084486)

I agree with the premise that American soldiers are taught and display a more rigid rules of engagement abroad but I would be interested to see exactly what kind of ex-soldier becomes a police officer.

My suspicion is that the kinds of soldiers who become problem police officers are the soldiers who didn't actually face combat abroad. I imagine it's the kind of soldier who fantasized about front-line service but wasn't quite cut out for it for one reason or another and they've directed their disappointment about that into being an abusive police officer.

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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by azernik on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @08:06PM (#26084669)

Generally, the kinds of cops that become whistleblowers, or are fired for insufficient brutality, are veterans.

The archetypical "warrior cop" is a non-veteran who likes military imagery but has no experience with military discipline or subordination.

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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by munk-a on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @07:44PM (#26084523)

Actually yea - I can't deny that your proposed person is pretty likely to go into policing after serving in the military. But I do think that people with a strong sense of civil service would also be likely to follow that path, people (generally speaking) aren't going into the military for glory - a lot of folks do it out of civil obligation and another large slice is there since it's a good way to get some economic mobility.

That said, yea, glory hounds would make really scary police officers.

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