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Did you see the whole video? Were you there? :mad: You must not have seen the part where the kid was trying to kill the officers in an effort to escape. Of cource being the law abiding citizen that you are, you would have helped them capture him. :~ The media (who thrives off sensationalism) will never show the whole story. You do know what he was wanted for don't you? My take...you don't want to get beat up, don't start a fight. :eek: Have you ever been in a fight where the other guy is trying to take your life? (Ex-military or fights with the ex-wife are not the same as police work if this happens to be your case...) It is not easy to turn the engines off like you are presuming an officer should be able to. The adrenaline does not exit the blood stream like electricity does at the flip of a switch. I'm not condoning beating handcuffed prisoners but I can tell you from experience that the slice in time you see on TV is just that...a slice that doesn't show the big picture, only what they want you to see so they can up ratings and sell advertising. ed The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.
I have to strongly disagree with these statements. I would like to point out that I am as much a law and order republican as anyone and am a gun owner and a fierce defender of our conatitution. In other words I am anything but a beeding liberal. However when one is in the custody of law enforcement and is renderd harmless he/she should not be mistreated in any sense by anyone. that is, in itself , a crime and must be trated as such. Not only would I fire all officers involved I would hold them up to criminal charges and prosecute them to the max. I don't care what the person did before he was in custody. There is no excuse except cowardance and inbred brutality for what I saw on that video. If getting rid of that type of action in America means firing cops right and left then lets begin. We are safer with criminals we can defend against than we are crooked cops that we can't defiend against. Richard Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions....there was never a country where the majority of the people were in their secret hearts loyal to any of these institutions. Mark Twain - The Mysterious Stranger
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I hate to defend what looked like police brutality, but we didn't see the whole crime. We only see the beating. Wasn't the cop bleeding? How did that happen? I don't mind the cop getting a little excited and popping the perf in the jaw. He probably deserved it. I think when the cops start getting their jollies off of beating the bad guys senseless is when we have a problem. Rodney King was too much, and the Luima thing was too much. I don't think this cop went too far. If a guy cut me, I'd be all over him like flies on $#!+ :mad:
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"Like it or not, I'm right!"To which I reply - BULLSHIT!!! Why not just handcuff him and shoot him. Same thing - its just a matter of degree. Any one who hits a handcuffed person is a coward. Period. End of discussion. Richard Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions....there was never a country where the majority of the people were in their secret hearts loyal to any of these institutions. Mark Twain - The Mysterious Stranger
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Jim A. Johnson wrote: The $50 mil number you made up is misleading to say the least. "...or whatever" Jim A. Johnson wrote: From the looks of things on the video, that cop is the criminal. Why are people speaking up against the kid? We don't know all the facts. Sure it's wrong to hurt an innocent handcuffed person, but whose to say the kid was innocent? For all we know this kid could have pulled a knife or a gun on them. What would you do? Until I know all the facts, which may never happen, I'm not gonna say one side was wrong while the other was right. That kind of knee-jerk finger pointing is what causes problems like this in the first place.
"I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?" -xterm
Silver. Member No. 11300 wrote: We don't know all the facts. Sure it's wrong to hurt an innocent handcuffed person, but whose to say the kid was innocent? For all we know this kid could have pulled a knife or a gun on them. What would you do? Until I know all the facts, which may never happen, I'm not gonna say one side was wrong while the other was right. That kind of knee-jerk finger pointing is what causes problems like this in the first place. There's NOTHING the kid could have done that would warrant or excuse the abuse after the arrest and handcuffing. The cop shouldn't be fired, he should be arrested. He should have been arrested on the spot by every other police officer on the scene. I rarely buy into police abuse claims, because I fully understand the danger a cop is under and why he must sometimes "fight dirty" during an arrest. But, as you yourself just said, the kid was already under arrest and was handcuffed. No excuses are available to this officer. This is hardly "knee-jerk finger pointing". William E. Kempf
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Jim A. Johnson wrote: The $50 mil number you made up is misleading to say the least. "...or whatever" Jim A. Johnson wrote: From the looks of things on the video, that cop is the criminal. Why are people speaking up against the kid? We don't know all the facts. Sure it's wrong to hurt an innocent handcuffed person, but whose to say the kid was innocent? For all we know this kid could have pulled a knife or a gun on them. What would you do? Until I know all the facts, which may never happen, I'm not gonna say one side was wrong while the other was right. That kind of knee-jerk finger pointing is what causes problems like this in the first place.
"I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?" -xterm
Silver. Member No. 11300 wrote: We don't know all the facts. Sure it's wrong to hurt an innocent handcuffed person, but whose to say the kid was innocent? Umm.. it's wrong for the cops to hurt _anyone_ who is handcuffed and down. Did you see the damn video? Kid was on his stomach on the car; cop comes up, picks him up by the neck, and punches him hard in the face. There is no excuse, rationale, justification, anything for that. None at all. Zero. Zip. Silver. Member No. 11300 wrote: That kind of knee-jerk finger pointing is what causes problems like this in the first place. No; what causes problems like this is that cops live in their own little world. They only socialize with each other; they see everyone who's not a cop as a possible criminal; and they're always on a hair-trigeer, fealing everyone around them could pull a gun on them at any moment. (Yes, some of it's justified.)
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To which I reply - BULLSHIT!!! Why not just handcuff him and shoot him. Same thing - its just a matter of degree. Any one who hits a handcuffed person is a coward. Period. End of discussion. Richard Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions....there was never a country where the majority of the people were in their secret hearts loyal to any of these institutions. Mark Twain - The Mysterious Stranger
Richard Stringer wrote: Why not just handcuff him and shoot him. Same thing - What?! That's not even close to the same thing! Granted, the cop should not have man handled him, but I don't blame him for getting a little mad and popping him in the jaw. He should be reprimanded and maybe suspended for a short while, but he should not be fired.
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I hate to defend what looked like police brutality, but we didn't see the whole crime. We only see the beating. Wasn't the cop bleeding? How did that happen? I don't mind the cop getting a little excited and popping the perf in the jaw. He probably deserved it. I think when the cops start getting their jollies off of beating the bad guys senseless is when we have a problem. Rodney King was too much, and the Luima thing was too much. I don't think this cop went too far. If a guy cut me, I'd be all over him like flies on $#!+ :mad:
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"Like it or not, I'm right!"Anger is no excuse for breaking the law. If the kid were not handcuffed I'd buy self defense even with out all the facts. Handcuffed... the cop committed a crime. William E. Kempf
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Richard Stringer wrote: Why not just handcuff him and shoot him. Same thing - What?! That's not even close to the same thing! Granted, the cop should not have man handled him, but I don't blame him for getting a little mad and popping him in the jaw. He should be reprimanded and maybe suspended for a short while, but he should not be fired.
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"Like it or not, I'm right!"The cop was and is a punk. If he can't control himself he does not need to be a police officer. let him be an animal control officer if he wants to continue sucking from the public tit - but as far as being trusted by the populance to be a police officer and carry a gun and have the right given by his office to incarcerate or kill he has shown by his action that he does not possess the qualities needed. Put his sorry ass in jail like the person he arrested and let the grand jury settle it. If its good for the goose etc... Maybe that would stop the next quasi-brutal cop pretender from doing something similar. Richard Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions....there was never a country where the majority of the people were in their secret hearts loyal to any of these institutions. Mark Twain - The Mysterious Stranger
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Silver. Member No. 11300 wrote: We don't know all the facts. Sure it's wrong to hurt an innocent handcuffed person, but whose to say the kid was innocent? For all we know this kid could have pulled a knife or a gun on them. What would you do? Until I know all the facts, which may never happen, I'm not gonna say one side was wrong while the other was right. That kind of knee-jerk finger pointing is what causes problems like this in the first place. There's NOTHING the kid could have done that would warrant or excuse the abuse after the arrest and handcuffing. The cop shouldn't be fired, he should be arrested. He should have been arrested on the spot by every other police officer on the scene. I rarely buy into police abuse claims, because I fully understand the danger a cop is under and why he must sometimes "fight dirty" during an arrest. But, as you yourself just said, the kid was already under arrest and was handcuffed. No excuses are available to this officer. This is hardly "knee-jerk finger pointing". William E. Kempf
There's NOTHING the kid could have done that would warrant or excuse the abuse after the arrest and handcuffing. The cop shouldn't be fired, he should be arrested. He should have been arrested on the spot by every other police officer on the scene. What about grabbing the balls of the officer after he was handcuffed? This is "knee-jerk finger pointing" at its finest. Tim Smith I know what you're thinking punk, you're thinking did he spell check this document? Well, to tell you the truth I kinda forgot myself in all this excitement. But being this here's CodeProject, the most powerful forums in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question, Do I feel lucky? Well do ya punk?
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Silver. Member No. 11300 wrote: We don't know all the facts. Sure it's wrong to hurt an innocent handcuffed person, but whose to say the kid was innocent? For all we know this kid could have pulled a knife or a gun on them. What would you do? Until I know all the facts, which may never happen, I'm not gonna say one side was wrong while the other was right. That kind of knee-jerk finger pointing is what causes problems like this in the first place. There's NOTHING the kid could have done that would warrant or excuse the abuse after the arrest and handcuffing. The cop shouldn't be fired, he should be arrested. He should have been arrested on the spot by every other police officer on the scene. I rarely buy into police abuse claims, because I fully understand the danger a cop is under and why he must sometimes "fight dirty" during an arrest. But, as you yourself just said, the kid was already under arrest and was handcuffed. No excuses are available to this officer. This is hardly "knee-jerk finger pointing". William E. Kempf
So you were there to see what happened before the tape started rolling? Please share.
"I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?" -xterm
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Silver. Member No. 11300 wrote: We don't know all the facts. Sure it's wrong to hurt an innocent handcuffed person, but whose to say the kid was innocent? Umm.. it's wrong for the cops to hurt _anyone_ who is handcuffed and down. Did you see the damn video? Kid was on his stomach on the car; cop comes up, picks him up by the neck, and punches him hard in the face. There is no excuse, rationale, justification, anything for that. None at all. Zero. Zip. Silver. Member No. 11300 wrote: That kind of knee-jerk finger pointing is what causes problems like this in the first place. No; what causes problems like this is that cops live in their own little world. They only socialize with each other; they see everyone who's not a cop as a possible criminal; and they're always on a hair-trigeer, fealing everyone around them could pull a gun on them at any moment. (Yes, some of it's justified.)
Yeah I saw the video. I prefer to give the police the benefit of the doubt though, or at least a chance to voice their side of the story. I haven't heard anything yet. Just a lot of hot-heads crying "Rodney King! Rodney King!"
"I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?" -xterm
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There's NOTHING the kid could have done that would warrant or excuse the abuse after the arrest and handcuffing. The cop shouldn't be fired, he should be arrested. He should have been arrested on the spot by every other police officer on the scene. What about grabbing the balls of the officer after he was handcuffed? This is "knee-jerk finger pointing" at its finest. Tim Smith I know what you're thinking punk, you're thinking did he spell check this document? Well, to tell you the truth I kinda forgot myself in all this excitement. But being this here's CodeProject, the most powerful forums in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question, Do I feel lucky? Well do ya punk?
Tim Smith wrote: What about grabbing the balls of the officer after he was handcuffed? Difficult to do when handcuffed (especially if the cop has had an ounce of training, as they learn how to avoid things like this). Regardless, this is not life threatening and would not warrant the response seen in the video. Tim Smith wrote: This is "knee-jerk finger pointing" at its finest. Well, you're entitled to that opinion, but I think it's wrong. It's a reasoned and logical conclusion reached despite having some knowledge of what a cop's life is like and a tendency to take the other side of the fence in most cases of claims of police brutality. Sorry, the cop really has no excuse for his actions. I may be pointing fingers, but it's not "knee jerk" and is more then warranted. William E. Kempf
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So you were there to see what happened before the tape started rolling? Please share.
"I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?" -xterm
Did you read my post? What happened before the tape started rolling is irrelevant in this particular case. The kid was apprehended, HANDCUFFED, and sprawled against the cruiser for several seconds before the cop started to beat on him. Self defense doesn't apply, and anger is never an excuse for breaking the law. William E. Kempf
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Did you read my post? What happened before the tape started rolling is irrelevant in this particular case. The kid was apprehended, HANDCUFFED, and sprawled against the cruiser for several seconds before the cop started to beat on him. Self defense doesn't apply, and anger is never an excuse for breaking the law. William E. Kempf
Yes, but members of the public must learn to respect offices of the law, and if thumping him into the car and giving him a few smacks in the head is the way of doing it, so be it. We have become to politically correct and give in to stupid liberal desires these days. I'm unsure of California law but most places now give youths too much ability to break the law and not been punished severly. And it appears that officer was just passing out some summary justice. Regardz Colin J Davies
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I have to strongly disagree with these statements. I would like to point out that I am as much a law and order republican as anyone and am a gun owner and a fierce defender of our conatitution. In other words I am anything but a beeding liberal. However when one is in the custody of law enforcement and is renderd harmless he/she should not be mistreated in any sense by anyone. that is, in itself , a crime and must be trated as such. Not only would I fire all officers involved I would hold them up to criminal charges and prosecute them to the max. I don't care what the person did before he was in custody. There is no excuse except cowardance and inbred brutality for what I saw on that video. If getting rid of that type of action in America means firing cops right and left then lets begin. We are safer with criminals we can defend against than we are crooked cops that we can't defiend against. Richard Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions....there was never a country where the majority of the people were in their secret hearts loyal to any of these institutions. Mark Twain - The Mysterious Stranger
Richard Stringer wrote: However when one is in the custody of law enforcement and is renderd harmless he/she should not be mistreated in any sense by anyone. Sure, but this kid was only handcuffed, that in my opinion does not render him harmless. I disagree the soft cops have now given the good hard cops a bad name. Crooked cops on the take should be imprisoned, but decent hard cops fighting for law and order every day should be given more resources and better remunerated. Regardz Colin J Davies
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I have to strongly disagree with these statements. I would like to point out that I am as much a law and order republican as anyone and am a gun owner and a fierce defender of our conatitution. In other words I am anything but a beeding liberal. However when one is in the custody of law enforcement and is renderd harmless he/she should not be mistreated in any sense by anyone. that is, in itself , a crime and must be trated as such. Not only would I fire all officers involved I would hold them up to criminal charges and prosecute them to the max. I don't care what the person did before he was in custody. There is no excuse except cowardance and inbred brutality for what I saw on that video. If getting rid of that type of action in America means firing cops right and left then lets begin. We are safer with criminals we can defend against than we are crooked cops that we can't defiend against. Richard Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions....there was never a country where the majority of the people were in their secret hearts loyal to any of these institutions. Mark Twain - The Mysterious Stranger
The key words above are: Richard Stringer wrote: is renderd harmless Being in law-enforcement I can tell you that a handcuffed prisoner is a little less dangerous than one that isn't. He can still kick :omg:, grab :wtf:, bite :eek: among other things assuming he isn't an experienced fighter. War stories follow....:-O I answered a call one night where a guy (6'5", 240+ mostly muscle) had just finished beating his girlfriend to a pulp. (An ex-Nebraska football player.) It was a serious beating she took. He had locked himself into their apartment. While my partner was getting information from her, I was trying to talk to him through the door to try and come to a nice quiet solution...or call tac if he was determined to stay in there. After a lull in the dialog I heard him jumping out the back patio. I called for my partner and chased him around the corner. He turned to fight....and the fight was on! Now, you know that according to liberals I should have let him go and picked him up later rather than risk hurting him!! ;P It was a very short fight since I was a little better at it than he. I didn't take any extra enforcement out on him although looking at his girlfriend...:mad:. So he was in cuffs. When I took him out to the car to searched him, he still tried kicking and bitting, and I, similar to what we saw on TV, had to force him back onto the trunk before he could hurt me. Then when we tried to get him into the car I was kicked in a very private place :eek:. He wouldn't get in the car and he continued to fight. So, I took him down to the ground. I didn't have too many options and for my safety, that was about all I could do with him. Going down to the ground with someone with their hands cuffed who is fighting you is going to hurt him. It did. We tied his legs so he couldn't kick and pulled his t-shirt up over his head so he couldn't really see to spit or bite. Now...if the only part of that you saw was me tossing this poor misguided soul to the ground with his hands cuffed you'd be saying the same thing about me you are about this kid. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt, given the situation I was in, I had to do what I did. A good shot to the groin can kill. I really wanted to go home that night...not in a bag though. I'm sorry...you were not there, you don't have a clue about what the real story is and until you do....please give the officers every amount of reasonable doubt liberals love to give their beloved criminals. ed 'The
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Richard Stringer wrote: However when one is in the custody of law enforcement and is renderd harmless he/she should not be mistreated in any sense by anyone. Sure, but this kid was only handcuffed, that in my opinion does not render him harmless. I disagree the soft cops have now given the good hard cops a bad name. Crooked cops on the take should be imprisoned, but decent hard cops fighting for law and order every day should be given more resources and better remunerated. Regardz Colin J Davies
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The key words above are: Richard Stringer wrote: is renderd harmless Being in law-enforcement I can tell you that a handcuffed prisoner is a little less dangerous than one that isn't. He can still kick :omg:, grab :wtf:, bite :eek: among other things assuming he isn't an experienced fighter. War stories follow....:-O I answered a call one night where a guy (6'5", 240+ mostly muscle) had just finished beating his girlfriend to a pulp. (An ex-Nebraska football player.) It was a serious beating she took. He had locked himself into their apartment. While my partner was getting information from her, I was trying to talk to him through the door to try and come to a nice quiet solution...or call tac if he was determined to stay in there. After a lull in the dialog I heard him jumping out the back patio. I called for my partner and chased him around the corner. He turned to fight....and the fight was on! Now, you know that according to liberals I should have let him go and picked him up later rather than risk hurting him!! ;P It was a very short fight since I was a little better at it than he. I didn't take any extra enforcement out on him although looking at his girlfriend...:mad:. So he was in cuffs. When I took him out to the car to searched him, he still tried kicking and bitting, and I, similar to what we saw on TV, had to force him back onto the trunk before he could hurt me. Then when we tried to get him into the car I was kicked in a very private place :eek:. He wouldn't get in the car and he continued to fight. So, I took him down to the ground. I didn't have too many options and for my safety, that was about all I could do with him. Going down to the ground with someone with their hands cuffed who is fighting you is going to hurt him. It did. We tied his legs so he couldn't kick and pulled his t-shirt up over his head so he couldn't really see to spit or bite. Now...if the only part of that you saw was me tossing this poor misguided soul to the ground with his hands cuffed you'd be saying the same thing about me you are about this kid. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt, given the situation I was in, I had to do what I did. A good shot to the groin can kill. I really wanted to go home that night...not in a bag though. I'm sorry...you were not there, you don't have a clue about what the real story is and until you do....please give the officers every amount of reasonable doubt liberals love to give their beloved criminals. ed 'The
Exactly !! I have seen a handcuffed guy knock one officer unconscious and give another officer a bit of a beating. How it happened, as he was "being placed in the back seat of a squad car he turned fell with his back onto the rear seat and double kicked one of the officers flying, bounced out and roundhoused booted the other officer. It happened extrely fast. The injuried officer drew his batton and beat the guy a few times well, (our cops are unarmed). Some other cops ran over and threw the guy into the car, where from the inside he proceeded to kick out most of the windows etc. ( B_Hadcuffed != B_rendered_harmless ) Regardz Colin J Davies
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The key words above are: Richard Stringer wrote: is renderd harmless Being in law-enforcement I can tell you that a handcuffed prisoner is a little less dangerous than one that isn't. He can still kick :omg:, grab :wtf:, bite :eek: among other things assuming he isn't an experienced fighter. War stories follow....:-O I answered a call one night where a guy (6'5", 240+ mostly muscle) had just finished beating his girlfriend to a pulp. (An ex-Nebraska football player.) It was a serious beating she took. He had locked himself into their apartment. While my partner was getting information from her, I was trying to talk to him through the door to try and come to a nice quiet solution...or call tac if he was determined to stay in there. After a lull in the dialog I heard him jumping out the back patio. I called for my partner and chased him around the corner. He turned to fight....and the fight was on! Now, you know that according to liberals I should have let him go and picked him up later rather than risk hurting him!! ;P It was a very short fight since I was a little better at it than he. I didn't take any extra enforcement out on him although looking at his girlfriend...:mad:. So he was in cuffs. When I took him out to the car to searched him, he still tried kicking and bitting, and I, similar to what we saw on TV, had to force him back onto the trunk before he could hurt me. Then when we tried to get him into the car I was kicked in a very private place :eek:. He wouldn't get in the car and he continued to fight. So, I took him down to the ground. I didn't have too many options and for my safety, that was about all I could do with him. Going down to the ground with someone with their hands cuffed who is fighting you is going to hurt him. It did. We tied his legs so he couldn't kick and pulled his t-shirt up over his head so he couldn't really see to spit or bite. Now...if the only part of that you saw was me tossing this poor misguided soul to the ground with his hands cuffed you'd be saying the same thing about me you are about this kid. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt, given the situation I was in, I had to do what I did. A good shot to the groin can kill. I really wanted to go home that night...not in a bag though. I'm sorry...you were not there, you don't have a clue about what the real story is and until you do....please give the officers every amount of reasonable doubt liberals love to give their beloved criminals. ed 'The
The video clearly shows the perp (yes, I believe he broke a few laws himself) not only handcuffed, but sprawled across the car, and unmoving for several seconds before the officer attacked him. Your story does not jibe with the video evidence in this case, so you can't compare the two. Rodney King, now there was a case where your arguments apply. Sorry, but this isn't the same. The cop was mad and committed asault, plain and simple. William E. Kempf
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Colin Davies wrote: given more resources and better remunerated AMEN! ed The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people. Lucille Harper
I'll second this. But the sentiment doesn't apply to the evidence in this specific case. The cop commited assault. William E. Kempf
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Colin Davies wrote: given more resources and better remunerated AMEN! ed The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people. Lucille Harper
Yeah, On that issue Police forces need to recruit and retain better quality of individuals and then train and retrain them better. As they say "If you pay peanuts you get monkeys", In my own country I know officers who leave to go to other countries police forces because the pay and conditions are better. Regardz Colin J Davies
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