Re:FBI finally tracks “swatting” incidents as attacks increa...
by quickthrowman on Friday June 30, 2023 @07:34PM
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> They have to treat every situation as violent. On average, every American owns a gun. There is no encounter with the police that doesn't run a genuine risk of becoming deadly in seconds.
No they don’t, the vast majority (99%?) of police interactions with the public are non-violent. I spoke with a cop in my city who told me that he did some training where 14 out of 15 training scenarios were ‘violent encounters’. The man was a career officer with 25+ years and he said almost every interaction he has with the public is non-violent. Violent encounters happen, but cops are trained like every interaction is going to turn violent.
Re: on average every American owns a gun
Something like 50% of the guns are owned by 3% of Americans or some ridiculous number. Roughly 1 in 3 adult Americans own guns.
No they don’t, the vast majority (99%?) of police interactions with the public are non-violent. I spoke with a cop in my city who told me that he did some training where 14 out of 15 training scenarios were ‘violent encounters’. The man was a career officer with 25+ years and he said almost every interaction he has with the public is non-violent. Violent encounters happen, but cops are trained like every interaction is going to turn violent.
Re: on average every American owns a gun
Something like 50% of the guns are owned by 3% of Americans or some ridiculous number. Roughly 1 in 3 adult Americans own guns.