<div dir="ltr">They certainly can't afford their current level of policing. <div><br></div><div>But it's amazing how much less police coverage we would actually have to buy if we divested the police of what is currently their primary [and utterly absurd] function - the interdiction of self-destructive behavior using lethal force.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 4:12 PM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Said legislation should also allow for police academies to operate as </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">educational institutions that grant a unique policing degree </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in law enforcement with pretty much </span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">the same police powers that they already have. stuart</span><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">This sounds good, but it will require a considerable increase in funds. And an officer with a bachelor's degree in policing will require considerably more salary than at present.</font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Lot of places cannot afford that. bill w</font></span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 4:05 PM Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
Here is a way to fix the law-enforcement problem that the US faces by <br>
professionalizing the police and bringing it into the 21st century:<br>
<br>
Step 1. Defund the police. Let's face it, the system is broke. We <br>
can't kick the can down the road any longer. The goal here is to put <br>
policing on a level with the remainder of the criminal justice system.<br>
<br>
Step 2. Pass legislation requiring police to be licensed independent <br>
contractors and carry their own malpractice/liability insurance. <br>
Perhaps give them some additional perks, like the ability to deputize <br>
bystanders, with the cop assuming complete liability for it.<br>
<br>
Said legislation should also allow for police academies to operate as <br>
educational institutions that grant a unique policing degree <br>
equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in law enforcement with pretty much <br>
the same police powers that they already have.<br>
<br>
Step 3. Hire back former police that reapply after they take a few <br>
college classes provided they have good records with respect to <br>
unnecessary violence.<br>
<br>
That’s it in a nutshell.<br>
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Stuart LaForge<br>
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