[bostonsre]

You cite one instance and equate that to a lot of them are not bright by design. I am sure there are indeed some cops that are not great and some that have lower intelligence. The bad cases are usually highlighted, while those that serve their country honorably and professionally get zero recognition. It is an incredibly hard and thankless job and we will be a lot worse off as a country in the future if we keep shouting them down and denigrating them instead of giving constructive criticism about the system. The better ones will become more and more discouraged and people will have more and more to complain about in the future.

[anigbrowl]

No, I gave yo a general report on the topic that cited one instance of a lawsuit. I don't give a shit about police morale. They are generally well paid, have massive benefits including all sorts of legal immunity, incredibly powerful unions, and often net up to half of municipal budgets. It's not a thankless job, politicians fall over themselves to do photo ops with police and talk about how great they are. If cops have a morale problem maybe they should worker harder at treating everyone with respect and upholding their constitutional rights instead of thorwing money at concepts like 'killology'.

[bostonsre]

From the abstract:

> This paper explores this case in detail and its potential impact.

You talk about them like they are the enemy. Lots of people talk about them like you without a word of thanks without acknowledging how fucked we would be without the good ones out there. I am thankful we aren't living in a country where there is complete anarchy or horrible police corruption like in Mexico.

Municipal budgets aren't great and their pay and benefits should be better for the work they do. You and I being on this forum probably means we are paid way too much for not real jobs screwing around on computers. There is a reason we aren't cops and their hiring isn't great. It is a hard job where you literally risk your life and literally deal with the worst parts of society.

There are guns in America. It doesn't matter whether we think that's right or not, that's the world we live in. There are criminals out there, they exist. Should cops carry around tasers only? I would like my local police force to effectively deter local criminals. Lax laws and lax deterrents are taken advantage of, we are not some peaceful species.