Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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With indy racing coming in oct 24th this should be good. I was planning on being there. Not sure now.
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Actually I’m in favor of this. Up to now all we’ve had is a bunch of people who were all talk and no action. They made it seem like the majority of police were brutal hate mongers. They talked about defunding police. They claimed social workers could do the job of police in many instances. Well, up to that point it was nothing but talking points which were supported by a media that sensationalized isolated instances of the rare bad cop using excessive force. I think anyone with a brain would ascertain that this direction, if it was actually employed, would be disastrous. It would show that there really is no alternative to police protection. Sure additional training could not hurt but defunding would be a death sentence for many. As I said, I’m in favor of it. That’s why I’m confident it will never really be fully implemented. The media may show a single picture of one tiny social worker confronting a crazed drug addict but they won’t show the picture of SWAT standing 2 feet behind the social worker.
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I disagree !!! Totally disagree and if this happens it will take a bit but in the long run our country will be safer in areas that they do send the right professional for the job.
Would you want a cop to do surgery on you? Then why do you expect them to correctly do other jobs that they were not trained to handle? |
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The response time will probably be significantly delayed. The party could be over by the time someone responds.
Let the experiment begin.
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Actually, with the stories we are hearing about police lately, this may be a good idea. We can't expect our police officers to do it all. Since these are more mental and emotional crimes, a social worker would be good. When I treated people with cancer they had several of the aforementioned situations. We had them meet with social workers and many of those situations were solved. Can you see a policeman helping him criminal with ways to find housing, etc?
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It's time for the American public to decide what we want from law enforcement. Warriors? Counselors? Guardians? Priests? Social workers? Magicians?
Do we want the cheapest cops possible? Or, do we want well-trained and well-screened cops who are equipped with every tool needed for every possible eventuality? Or do we want the beat cop from grandaddy's hometown, with nothing but a smile, a wheelgun and one set of cuffs? Really, we want it all. Admit it, we do – and we want it all without paying for any of it. Every officer needs to be an empathetic, well-spoken, SEAL-trained ninja, with double majors in psychology and social work, who considers the job a calling, and has no bills to pay, no nerves to fray, and enforces the law completely objectively while also using discretion at all times, unless it's going to result in arresting – or not arresting – the wrong person at the wrong time, for the wrong thing, in the opinion of every member of the public. If that person existed, he wouldn't work for you. So we've got to deal with what exists, and what exists are humans. Humans are fallible, and their bodies are frail. Their brains play tricks on them when they're under stress, and then keep them from sleeping by replaying the stressor on an endless loop later, trying to find ways to "fix" whatever went wrong. Humans come in varieties, not exactly like dog breeds, but close enough that the analogy works: If you need a bite dog, you don't start with a Golden Retriever. Possibly, you can teach the Golden to bite on command, if you're persistent enough, and mean enough, but in the process, you'll ruin everything that made him a Golden to begin with. Now translate that back to people. Warriors, soldiers and great war generals like Patton may live for the fight but they don't always play well with others after the battle. They can be harsh. They can use bad language in settings where you wish they were polite. They find humor in ugly, dark places that just frighten the rest of society. They're not always...nice. If you want only a cuddly, soft, empathetic officer whose first response is always a soft answer and compassion, you can have that. She'll never embarrass her chief at Coffee with a Cop. He'll present well on camera every time and remind you of someone's grandfather. He'll be the perfect SRO until there's an active shooter at your kid's school. Suddenly, society insists on the warrior. They want the demon Malinois, 55 pounds of rawhide, spring steel and gator teeth, driving into the gunfire and doing anything it takes – anything – to keep the children safe. And once the threat is gone, society wants the Malinois to morph back into the therapy dog. They want the warrior gone, the counselor returned, the off switch thrown. That's not how it works. And it's not fair. I tell you now: the unicorn doesn't exist. You can't have it. What you can have is a human. If you recruit well, conduct thorough background checks and train constantly, you can have a human with a kind heart and good ethics who is willing to fight hard, be uncomfortable and even get hurt for you. You can have a human who tries. You can have someone who struggles, who sometimes fails, who gets better with time and experience and who has setbacks. But you can't have perfection. In fact, you can break perfectly good humans by insisting they be something they can't be – things no one can be. Decide now that as long as cops get recruited from the human race, they're going to be exactly human, with everything that means. The rest of society is also human, after all. Maybe it's time we decide what we want from the rest of us, too. |
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Now the officers will separate the two and talk separately. Very often the call will turn violent. How will the social worker deal with the violence? |
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OK liberals. You wanted this. Time for you to step up and take point.
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