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| Gutless Policing in 2017 – How Leadership Has Failed the Rank and File |
| 2017-10-23 |
| [OpsLens] If you follow my writing, you’ve probably noticed that there’s been an uptick in the amount of words I spend on speaking out against ever-softening police leadership around the country these days. It’s funny how many leaders within our profession respond to unfair criticisms pulled out of la-la land by apologizing as a gag-reflex, but then expect the public to respect police authority when it comes time for us to take away their personal freedoms under the color of law. They say you should never back an animal into a corner lest you suffer the wrath of their survival instincts ‐ but many police leaders in 2017 have me wondering if they have a survival instinct to protect the thin blue line, or merely themselves. Through leadership’s failure to exhibit any fight or pushback in the face of damming criticism and handcuffing expectations, the American police officer isn’t really being backed into a corner so much as he/she is being backed to the edge of a cliff. Here are some examples of how our chiefs are leading us to the bottom in 2017. Cities across California are paying violent gang members in their communities up to a thousand bucks per month to stay out of jail while partnering with a group who promises to not cooperate with police homicide investigations. We’re seeing Seattle cops no longer allowed to designate those accused of crimes in their cities as "suspects". They’re forced to report them as "community members" instead because armed robbery suspects get to have safe spaces too. Portland PD’s top cops have proudly tossed the baby out with the bath water in nixing their gang member database because there aren’t enough white gang members. Sadly, much more to be read. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |