About the Police

[teddywolf]

One of the recent flaps that has gone back and forth between real life and online has tangentially brought up attitudes toward the police. One of the important things about modern civic police forces is that they gain their legitimacy through fair, nondiscriminatory and effective police work. So, I wanted to ask people at large.

You can make comments below. People can comment anonymously here. And for anybody who is coming here for the first time and is worried, I have never worked for or with any law enforcement agency and do not currently work for or with one.

[Poll #1974926]

Comments

Re: posting anonymously because I trust you

[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

Has it really lessened, or do I just hear less about it now? I don't know.

It would be very hard to know for sure. At the least, you're getting older, and older people are involved in much less violence (in all ways) -- which also means that the cops are less likely to assume you're violent. But there has been a substantial drop in violence in the US over the past two or three decades; it would be surprising if it did not affect situations involving the police.