[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by jimbomaybe

I think you are right to depend on the intelligence of the average police officer, our society has decided it doesn't want the police to be proactive, they need to think like a defense attorney, if you can think of ANY possible reason not to make a traffic/street stop don't, if you can think of ANY reason not to make an arrest don't, if there is ANY reason to think what you see isn't criminal don't interfere, there buy keeping themselves safe, complying with what is required, of course you have a 30% increase in homicides nation wide (statically higher in areas where is has been a bigger problem ) as we march towards nirvana finding the perfect way to train for the chaos of unscripted violent confrontations

Many of the people who thought it was a good idea to defund the police are coming to the realization of what they have done.