gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 10 months ago'Know why I pulled you over?' Fortunately, California police can't ask you that anymorewww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up1466arrow-down15file-text
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minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-210 months agoI think doing police work properly requires more training than we can expect from random citizens in a rotation. I would, however, support this kind of arrangement for legislators, where it’s called sortition.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoWe could start with training our existing cops
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoJust because the existing solution is bad doesn’t mean a different poorly thought out solution wouldn’t have its own problems.
I think doing police work properly requires more training than we can expect from random citizens in a rotation.
I would, however, support this kind of arrangement for legislators, where it’s called sortition.
We could start with training our existing cops
Just because the existing solution is bad doesn’t mean a different poorly thought out solution wouldn’t have its own problems.