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Re:A Computer Generated Swatting Service Is Causing Havoc Ac... by t-3 on Friday April 14, 2023 @04:00AM (#35566756)
> If the US police force uniquely has these qualities, it seems prudent to reorganise it.

Part of the problem is that there is no "US police force" to overhaul. There are federal police (FBI, DEA, ATF, ICE, TSA, etc), state police, county police, local police, sheriffs, military police, special task forces and more. Reforming any one group is a big job, reforming the whole system is borderline impossible without a revolution or something.

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Re:A Computer Generated Swatting Service Is Causing Havoc Ac... by runnerup on Friday April 14, 2023 @02:00PM (#35572606)
Specifically, there are 18,000 police jurisdictions in the USA. Each “police force” has completely separate management and reports to a different authority body (most are “ruled” by the government of a city).

No one body oversees these 18,000 different police forces.

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Re:A Computer Generated Swatting Service Is Causing Havoc Ac... by anigbrowl on Saturday April 15, 2023 @02:36PM (#35583297)
The sheer number of autonomous jurisdictions in the US is a Bad Thing. It's ended up as meth labs of democracy.
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