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Edeere's avatar

Wow! Such good ideas here Brian. Need you in congress. We have total incompetents who never move the needle on police reform.

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Robson's avatar

I live in Victoria Australia, 40 years ago we had the police service, the officers wore light navy blue trousers and sky blue shirts, few carried guns, it changed to the police force they wear black and carry enough arms to start a small war and swagger around like they're in a bad Bgrade western from the 50s, they wonder why public respect is in the toilet

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Tucker Lieberman's avatar

In 2022, Biden signed an executive order (EO 14074) to create the U.S. National Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD), which launched in 2023 and gathered accusations of misconduct against four thousand federal police officers. On Trump's Inauguration Day, he revoked the order, and the database was closed yesterday. It can no longer be queried.

https://bjs.ojp.gov/national-law-enforcement-accountability-database

When I read that, I remembered this article you wrote.

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Brian Klaas's avatar

Yes, whenever I critique systems of power, it's usually a minority who do disproportionate damage. There are plenty of people in all positions of power who are drawn to public service. But many aren't and they do immense damage.

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