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Lol. Do some research man. It is clear who those are.
Militarization. Perhaps the increase in use of force options is a response to particular incidents - Mayerthorpe, Columbine, Vegas, Bank of America, etc, all shaped how police do business, including training and equipment.
I guess my point with the above comment is that if you don't like the police, you will find a way to fault them - whether its spending, cameras, use of force, etc. And no amount of reason or explanation with change your bias.
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Only 1 of the things noted happened in Canada. You cannot pretend Canada's crime culture is identical to the US, because it's not. Trying to model our police force after theirs is like killing a fly with a bazooka.
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That said, one thing I do wish was released was the number and description of calls for service everyday. Doesn't need to be specific, just a date, time, type of complaint, and a one line description. As the stolen car video above illustrates,
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CPS used to have an online map tracker of each call they responded to, but for some reason they crippled it last year and now it just shows generic stats and notices.
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I think the public would be very surprised to learn about how violent Calgary is.
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I think this view says more about you than it does about the actual state of things in Calgary. Sorry you live each day in such fear.