Re:One Store’s Decision to Leave San Francisco over Crime
by vanilla_nut on Thursday October 27, 2022 @06:50PM
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Good point. As another commenter said: we've made these jobs impossible because we criticize each and every decision cops make. Then we wonder why they don't do anything.
If I was micromanaged and scrutinized anywhere near the level we micromanage cops, I doubt I could do my job very effectively. I've only had negative cop interactions in my life, but I do empathize over this.
Sadly, I'm not sure how to solve the problem. Today's culture doesn't seem to have any accommodation for people screwing up in any role.
The guy getting arrested files a brutality claim, and the cop is jammed up for a few days with pay. Because the garbage bags of shampoo and shaving cream are <$1500, it’s petit larceny, and the DA won’t prosecute. So the guy gets printed and released assuming no warrants.
When the cop gets off of the leave, the sergeant sits him down and says “Hey asshole, officer bob over there missed his kids concert covering your dumb ass. The lieutenant is pissed because you’re burning his budget.”
Police aren’t idiots and faced with knee-jerk policy, they take the pragmatic approach - do nothing.