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Originally Posted by coffeebean
Agree. But.....do not downsize police presence. My point was to supplement police presence with a social worker when warranted.
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I don't think that police officers should have the liability of keeping an unarmed social worker coworker safe.
It seems as though the police officers are being blamed for escalating a situation into violence when in reality the police officers are usually responding to a situation after it has already escalated. The police do try to calm the unruly subjects down but if the safety of bystanders and the officers, themselves is at risk, the officers have to respond proportionately to the threat.