In Los Angeles, a woman was celebrating the Knicks’ victory in the NBA when a neighbour called the police about the noise… 20 cops showed up and shot her dog, a “dangerous” Golden Doodle, when she opened the door to her home.
In Los Angeles, a woman was celebrating the Knicks’ victory in the NBA when a neighbour called the police about the noise… 20 cops showed up and shot her dog, a “dangerous” Golden Doodle, when she opened the door to her home.
I mean, yes, they are clearly individually bad, people making bad choices because they do not value the life of a dog above any risk to themselves or even fairly minor inconvenience.
At the same time, this is a bad job. Not a bad job to have, a bad job for society to make. There should not be cops. Cops are way to mixed as a profession.
Investigators of crimes? That is a reasonable job.
Dispute resolution specialists? Sure.
Someone to step between people having a domestic altercation? Yes, of course.
But just like you wouldn’t want an emergency room doctor to also be a mortician you shouldn’t want the traffic enforcement person to be the one to deal with a mental health crisis. The role has grown too large and cannot reasonably be performed well. It needs to be divided.