Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the data

Re:Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the... by konschubert on Saturday July 29, 2023 @05:12PM (#36924661)

Those are the same things.

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Re:Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the... by rocqua on Saturday July 29, 2023 @05:17PM (#36924715)

Preventing crime and defending the authority of the state are quite different.

Plenty of protests that challenge the authority of the state are completely legal. The state will not lose much authority if laws broken behind the front door of a family go unpunished.

Most of us here are lucky enough to live in a country where the laws were written for more than maintaining the authority of the state.

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Re:Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the... by Eisenstein on Saturday July 29, 2023 @05:19PM (#36924736)

Police act as the enforcement wing of the judicial system.

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Re:Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the... by wahnfrieden on Saturday July 29, 2023 @05:18PM (#36924724)

If it were true, wage theft would be the priority over shoplifting as it’s by far the largest category of theft

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Re:Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the... by convolvatron on Saturday July 29, 2023 @05:50PM (#36925051)

you don't see a difference there 'I have this authority for the common good, and if I don't use it wisely I can undermine my very goals' vs 'I have this authority, to protect this authority, and if you act to call that into question I have no choice but to make you hurt badly'

not really the same

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