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Originally Posted by jar_e
PSA's don't work cause they don't scare people. Believe it or not, some people are still scared ####less of being pulled over by a cop and learn from that experience whether they get a ticket or not. Financially, some people know that they can't risk the $172 fine and won't break the law to prevent that. Knowing that risk of getting caught is a deterrent to people. Not all people, but some. That alone covers a chunk now who will drive more safely cause they aren't distracted. Majority of people won't do it simply because now its "the law".
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I strongly disagree. Education and Reason should be the first option to go to. But you have a different opinion and that's fine and your opinion seems to be the majority on this board. Again, it does not mean you opinion is the only one that is valid. But this has already been said and your post doesn't change or alter mine in anyway. I am heavily against using fear as a tactic to get your way - even if it is the easiest way to get something done.
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Originally Posted by jar_e
Its not a conflict of interest, as all the money goes to the province. So its not a complete circle that if CPS writes a ticket, CPS gets the money. I guess CPS is funded by the province to an extent, but unfortunately that's the way the system works and you're not going to get around that.
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Okay... You should look up conflict of interest. Just by saying "No it's not!" does not make it true.
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Originally Posted by jar_e
Furthermore, cops in their 50's and 60's policed in a EXTREMELY different time than now. The liability, the risk, the public perception, has all changed and none of it really favours the police. I'm baffled you think the "application of safety" has been turned around, especially considering Calgary is one of the safest cities in the nation to live in. CPS is consistently ranked high in satisfaction from public surveys and in public acceptance. I don't know where you live but if you live in Calgary, you're very ill-informed.
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lol - okay. This is all coming from the horses mouth. So he must be ill informed. (this is where on might insert condescending eye roll)
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Originally Posted by jar_e
Furthermore, CPS is cutting somewhere in the tens of millions out of their budget in the next few years so policing is far from a profitable, or else CPS would run in the black.
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Good. The CPS can hire a business consultants to cut costs and for balancing their budget and actually focus on real CRIME.
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Originally Posted by jar_e
You seem to have quite the bad taste in your mouth about policing but I'm a strong believer that people like yourself either bring it upon themselves or they're bad drivers in general and get pulled over than more than once a year.
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I have a bad taste from bad cops when I have done NOTHING to warrant their brutal treatment. I don't get pulled over often at all. I get a ticket maybe every 5 years and that includes photo. I'm actually a "very good boy"...
"People like yourself" Really, what are people like myself? Do we know each other? Please stop with the personal assumptions.