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Originally Posted by
redstickdawg
best post that I have seen on all of the police issues. The militarization of the police is very noticeable when you travel to other countries where the police is less dressed out with surplus military gear. When did the police start becoming pseudo military? I remember a few years not exactly when this started and thought it not a good idea.
It started in earnest after 9/11 as a counter-terrorism endeavor.
Interestingly, dissolving our county PD and turning all county law enforcement to our Sheriff is on the ballot in November. One of the primary reasons was the issues with use of force, and the tendency to cover for bad acts within the GCPD. And, this was before the Arbery murder and that case went national. While our county PD has become dis-functional, our city police have been working to implement a community policing approach over the past 5 years, and we have seen crime drop 35% a year over the past 3 years - while our overall "metro" area (Glynn, Brantley & McIntosh Counties) have seen an overall increase in crime.
I think a lot of issues could be made better by police, and the command structure, recognizing that they are fallible.
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