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In reply to the discussion: When in the hell did calling the G-D Cops for every minor BS thing become the norm? [View all]maxrandb
(15,324 posts)I think another issue is that law enforcement needs to do a better job on educating people about their "Non-Emergency" number.
Hell, I've lived in the city I'm at for 25 years, and I have never seen law enforcement do an educational spot about who you call for the "cat in the tree" shit.
911 has made it very easy to reach out to law enforcement and emergency services, but it seems like no one knows the non-emergency number of their local police.
Police also have to try to understand that walking into a downtown Starbucks in the middle of the day, in broad daylight, with folks just sitting there, DOES NOT REQUIRE THEM TO UNCLIP THEIR HOLSTERS AND PUT THEIR HANDS ON THEIR GUNS when they walk through the door.
What the hell ever happened to "de-escalating" the event.
De-escalating means that sometimes...EVEN THE COPS NEED TO MIND THEIR OWN FUCKING BUSINESS AND WALK AWAY!!!!!