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MILITARIZED POLICE 2

When you have a four foot tall fence, you keep out MOST trespassers.  When you have a flimsy lock on the door, MOST people will not break in ( yes, I understand this is NOT as true as it once was, as more citizens arm themselves and that dampens violent crime but channels criminals into property crime.  But it is still MOSTLY true ).  The fence and the lock keep honest people honest.  It is the same principle with law enforcement.  They are not there to stop criminals.  They can’t.  They are there to keep more people from BECOMING criminals.

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Without the police, crime would increase.  Of course, more police do not lower crime.  And since it is getter more and more expensive to field police, it is probably a good thing more of them being bureaucrats and less street patrols doesn’t hurt much.  The yes, the overpaid vice pigs ( anti-prostitution or anti-drug ) are worthless and get more funding, cutting into effective policing, but again, that is a system wide problem.  A lot of local police activity is orchestrated by the Federales, so place the blame where it belongs.  You pay taxes to the State Police to enforcing fed speeding laws.

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But let us focus on simply enforcing the peace ( most laws are NOT enforced, just the ones returning the most profit.  So mostly the police presence itself MOSTLY keeps the peace.  Mostly.  It is relative.  Keep in mind that ALL organizations with monopolies are overpriced and underperforming today.  The Po-Po are no different ).  The amount of crime is dependent on socio-economic factors, not the levels of law enforcement.  In a homogenous culture with a decent economy, the people mostly police themselves with LEO’s only needed as a Final Arbitrator Enforcer. 

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In a crappy economy with all sectors of society clashing, a society in decline, even the National Guard constantly patrolling will make little difference in crime.  Curfews and liberal levels of allowed force will not make much difference ( look how much crime takes place in the totally controlled atmospheres of prisons ).  The Macro Trend is bad.  Police are increasingly out of control, as is crime.  One is related to another.  Higher concentrations of people are far more dangerous NOW, not just as the Lights Go Out.  The police naturally are far more agitated and violent.  You would be too.

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And you cannot say, “well, that is their job” and expect them to benignly accept far higher levels of risk.  How often do you try to do other peoples jobs?  Do you Monday Morning Quarterback the waitress in the restaurant?  “Why is she taking so long?  Why isn’t she hurrying more?” and etcetera.  Do you know HOW she does her job?  If not, how can you judge what is a good or a bad performance?  It is the same with the police.  If you don’t know how they do their jobs, how can you judge?  Think about it.

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How many people get lippy with the police? “I gots my rights!”.  People seem to confuse the police with lawyers and judges.  The police don’t make the bullcrap laws, they enforce them.  Granted, a lot are far too rigorous enforcing them, but every organization, from High School to the corporate offices, are full of incompetent idiots.  Do you hate ALL your teachers because only a few actually taught you anything?  Of course not.  Or, you hate the SYSTEM that forced you to go to school, not the actual teachers that were trying to do some good.

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Don’t hate the phone operator because that companies CEO dry humped you on the product. Habeeb wasn’t responsible for quality control.  The waitress is not at fault when the owner won’t hire enough cooks.  And cops?  They must perform threat assessments.  That is a large part of their job.  If you come across as a screaming yelling wrongfully treated banshee, you will illicit zero sympathy.  Rather, the officer will respond with force.  They have no choice.  You might think it is a simple conflict over power ( “respect my a-thor-i-ti!” ), and you would be correct.  But for the wrong reason.

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Look at your life’s Chain Of Command.  The wife is in charge.  If you cede ANY power to the kids, anarchy trumps.  The boss is in charge.  If you refuse to do his stupid crap that makes things worse, you are no longer in that chain of command.  The police are there to enforce the chain of command, to make sure you do the stupid crap that will make things worse.  It doesn’t matter WHAT the stupid crap is.  It doesn’t matter if the wife should pick up her own mess, she is in charge and if she says “pick up my crap”, that is what you do. 

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With the police, as with the wife or the boss, you are supposed to do what you are told.  Period.  When you passively aggressively show signs of NOT doing as you are told, you are treated as if you had actually refused.  That is how my 70 something year old 100 pound stepmother landed on top of a coffee table with severe flesh injuries on one arm.  She got lippy.  And you know, I felt absolutely no sympathy.  Some young musclehead buck weighing 200 pounds planted her ass after she refused to comply.

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Was a little old grandma a threat?  Of course not.  The threat is that if you do NOT enforce compliance, someone down the road will THEN become a threat ( the nurse that treated my stepmom was angry over the level of force.  Yet, she would fire instantly anyone screwing up  medications for a patient, as that behavior could not be tolerated as a safety risk.  She didn’t see the irony, I imagine ).  Your wife and your boss OVER compensate when you refuse to comply.  So do the police.  Is a SWAT raid over a dozen unpaid parking tickets excessive?  Of course it is.  But that is not the point.  The point is COMPLIENCE. 

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Why are cops so laid back in rural counties?  Why are large urban area cops such dicks?  Population density and integration into the community, or lack thereof.  When a cop knows everyone, he knows who is trouble and who is not. He doesn’t have to treat everyone as a stranger who is an unknown risk.  That used to be why beat cops on foot assigned to one area were so effective even in the big city, or why you used to be required to live in the area you patrolled.  And cops who are dicks when they don’t have to be? 

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There will always be cops like that.  Because they were not adequately screened before hiring.  They lack confidence and hence overcompensate.  You can’t “stand on your rights”.  You can only comply and act humble and subservient.  If you don’t, well, I guess I won’t feel too sorry for you after you get face planted on something hard, a complete shift worth of cops dogpiling you.  If lucky, you are ONLY taz’ed.  They are a tribe, and they rely on each other for protection.  Of COURSE they side with each other.  Duh.  Talk about lack of situational awareness.

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