Police, Why Do We Need Them

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   Crazdwriterposted 5 months ago

   try clicking on start a new hub and put this in a hub...I'm not going to read it because it's in the threads. no offence

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      Ron Montgomeryposted 5 months agoin reply to this

      Forum moderators, why do we need them?

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         tksenseiposted 5 months agoin reply to this

         Apparently, because of people like you.

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            Crazdwriterposted 5 months agoin reply to this

            Tk that was rude!

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               tksenseiposted 5 months agoin reply to this

               My apologies

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               Ron Montgomeryposted 5 months agoin reply to this

               Actually for him.............

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   VENUGOPAL SIVAGNAposted 5 months ago

   I served in Police department in early 1972-73 and switched over to civil service. Though the department is not good, there are several people in society who need police treatment. Those who offend others without any reason, make derogatory comments about others, and those who think they are innocent after committing several offences need to be dealt with by police. Society without police is like classrooms without teachers.

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   ledefensetechposted 5 months ago

   It depends on what you rely on police for.  For the most part, police forces are reactive rather than proactive.  They can also act as a deterrent to crimes like assault and mugging by running patrols, but again luck plays a big role in determining if they actually intercept a mugger or assailant. 
   
   Inadvertently, policing may make people lazy about the safety of their person or property and allow criminals to take advantage of that laziness. 
   
   One way that communities can overcome this reactive and lackadaisical stance towards safety is through organizations like Neighborhood Watch and other community based solutions.  One problem with the Koban style of policing is the expense involved.  Public services are notoriously expensive, compared to taking simple steps to secure your person and property.  In addition, by emphasizing community involvement, you encourage people to help their neighbors.  This sort of thing goes beyond police work and can impact disaster relief, crisis response, etc.

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      VENUGOPAL SIVAGNAposted 5 months agoin reply to this

      The basic principles of policing is to react on crimes and not to be proactive which will prove very dangerous. Men in uniforms will be very dangerous for lonely going women and people carrying valuable including money. Human temptations will make them squeeze the soft things.
      Patrolling of streets is a must to avoid street-fightings and public lawlessness. Dealing with crimes and patrolling the streets are separate. No criminals will come in front of patrolling policemen.

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         ledefensetechposted 5 months agoin reply to this

         I'm pretty sure that was the point of my post.  Although I think that "public" places can do a better job of providing proactive security than public entities.  One example I can think of is casinos.  Massive amounts of cash in the place, yet they are never knocked over due to the security involved.  Well at least here in the States, I'm not sure about the rest of the world. 
         
         One thing you don't cover is over-reaching by law enforcement into personal matters.  How do you keep police from becoming tyrannical?

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   IntimatEvolutionposted 4 months ago

   You know, the police USE to be about protecting and serving.  Now they are nothing but a bunch of trouble causing bullies.  I see a cop, I walk the other way.  They are verbally abuse, and condensing jerks.  I'd like to know, where did all the good police officers go?  These young punks nowadays are horrible to work with.  I do a lot of volunteer work, and let me tell you- I've even seen police officers arrest a charity event fundriser Chairwoman, over the fact that she asked the police officer (a man) to kindly leave the area roped off for the event.  So he arrested the chairwoman instead.  It was terrible.

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      ledefensetechposted 4 months agoin reply to this

      That's because the way things are set up right now cops don't work for anyone.  Maybe politicians, and that's a maybe.  When you add that to the fact that we have laws governing almost the entirety of our lives, you can pretty much be arrested for just about anything anymore.  That's why people distrust cops and don't treat them with respect and cops distrust the populace and treat them with a lack of respect.  In fact, I'd say that the amount of trust the police and public have in one another can tell you a lot about how both the police and population act.

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   arindam1234posted 4 months ago

   Police have their moral duty to protect the civilians and to restrict any crime to make the state clean and corruption free. With or without the uniform a policeman should always do the morale job with their own duty.

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