@gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world • 5 months ago'Know why I pulled you over?' Fortunately, California police can't ask you that anymorewww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1468arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: oakland@lemmy.world
arrow-up1463arrow-down1external-link'Know why I pulled you over?' Fortunately, California police can't ask you that anymorewww.latimes.com@gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world • 5 months agomessage-square90fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: oakland@lemmy.world
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minus-square@lolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-25 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-square@Cryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•5 months agoWe could start with training our existing cops
minus-square@lolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 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.