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| Denver Police pioneers scheme to let teams of civilians respond to 911 calls instead of officers |
| 2019-06-13 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #7 NFPA is being updated to mandate ballistic defense. I expect this move is to shift the budget line from armed police to available SWAT. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-06-13 15:13 |
| #6 Reminds me of the Police Academy series. Citizens On Patrol ! |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-06-13 09:21 |
| #5 This will work until someone gets hurt or killed, then the civilians who don't have protection from frivolous lawsuits or police unions will get their asses sued off. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2019-06-13 08:54 |
| #4 Police should be civilians. If they're not then they're not real police. #Peels Principles |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-06-13 08:30 |
| #3 Yeah. Imagine if designing a barrel of fish for some whack job to shoot up was illegal. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-06-13 04:38 |
| #2 Oh but these people will be unarmed....naturally, so when some wacko kills half of a team, they can call for more gun control. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2019-06-13 04:25 |
| #1 Didn't an "auxiliary deputy," basically some old guy who bought his way into the department somewhere, pull his service pistol instead of his taser and kill a guy a while back? Yeah, that happened... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-06-13 02:57 |