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Originally Posted by Montana Moe
While I may have been spurred to comment by this most recent situation, I'm more concerned with the greater issue of police officers and a seemingly increasing dehumanization of the people they serve.
Is it a tactic to cope with what they have to deal with in their day to day duties? Is it part of the training curriculum as it is in the military? Is there some truth to the idea that the occupation simply attracts a certain personality trait?
There are obviously larger sociological issues at play regarding the relationship between police departments and certain sections of society. Do the officers here have any suggestions on how to bridge that gap, or is that not a priority/concern on the individual level?
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I personally don't think there is an increasing "dehumanization" of the population, I think if anything in this era of smart phones and YouTube, incidents like this are just more available to the populace to view. That results in people thinking these incidents are commonplace. If anything, I'd say there is more educational training for police towards mental health, aboriginal and minorities, community policing, de-escalation etc. I'd wager 95% of police-public interaction results in simply verbal communication or a co-operating arrest (you're under arrest for such and such, person complies, handcuffs are put on and that's the end of it).
I think society in general is becoming more self centred and less concerned about others. This results in less respect to others including police.