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Originally Posted by Zulu29
I’d love to have a few pints with you to discuss the above because writing a post will just result in a wall of text. All I’ll say is this, in my 20 years of service I’ve seen policing advance beyond my wildest dreams. When i started we arrested people for possessing a joint, now as of Jan 31 people can possess 2.5 grams of whatever they want. Prostitution has evolved from pimps and hookers to sophisticated human trafficking organizations. People with mental health issues used to just spend the day or night in cells, now they’re being linked up with community outreach, case workers or mental health professionals at hospitals.
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Let me preface this with saying you sound like you're one of the good ones and it is not my intent to diminish that or your colleagues, but aren't these advances in politics, moreso than in policing? If you accept that these are political gains, then it would seem like the best way to advance policing to is be political and lobby for progressive legislation. Do many police support the politicians that are advancing causes like decriminalization of marijuana?