Oakland is one of the most violent places in the US and it's the cops fault?

When will violence, crime and drugs determined to be part of the problem with the way law enforcement polices a particular area.

Do you think if officers weren't in fear of their lives every time they make a stop they would still behave the same way?

Officers need to improve and the community needs to improve. Neither happens without the other happening.

Who in their right mind would want to be a cop these days (in certain towns/cities).

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Posted by TigerRad

Columbia, SC

Member since Jan 2007

5354 posts

Posted on 11/28/14 at 10:35 am to roadGator

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officers weren't in fear of their lives every time they make a stop

except they are taught to think this way, and its irrational - police officers are safer today than at any time in the last 20 years. Their training is full of the rhetoric of "warriors" and "war zones", and their gear is that of a military kill squad.

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Policing has been getting safer for 20 years. In terms of raw number of deaths, 2013 was the safest year for cops since World War II. If we look at the rate of deaths, 2013 was the safest year for police in well over a century. At the current pace, we can expect to see a 17 percent increase in on the job law enforcement fatalities this year over last year. That would put the total number of police officers who die on the job this year at 117, making 2014 the second safest year for cops in terms of raw fatalities since 1959. It would also put 2014 as the safest year for fatality rates in over a century. You’re more likely to be murdered simply by living in about half of the largest cities in America than you are while working as a police officer.

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