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Cmdr Sy
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Posted - 2008.03.07 22:18:00 -
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I have seen a video linked here before of an American cop tazing a woman who threw hysterics like that.
It really comes down to the balance of moral authority vs physical authority in different cultures (generally) and documented procedures (specifically). Also maybe differences in education requirements for the service?
If you tell people to fire if conditions A, B, C are met, then that is what happens. It just depends what behaviour goes on that checklist. In many countries that woman's behaviour would have warranted it. I guess the thresholds are different in different places.
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Cmdr Sy
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Posted - 2008.03.08 04:44:00 -
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Yeah, poor procedures, poor training. You have to wonder whether the people running the programmes spend much time reviewing the results. At the most basic level of dealing with members of the public, you have to understand that your demeanour exerts great influence over the subject's responses, and this can go well or badly for you and your goals. If you have no sight of goals and no control over self or situation, you are not ready to work in a subway, let alone wear a police badge. Cluelessness of that sort makes you a danger to yourself as much as to others in those kinds of occupations.
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Posted - 2008.03.08 14:58:00 -
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Edited by: Cmdr Sy on 08/03/2008 15:02:04
 Originally by: Fink Angel
You're giving us only two choices, both bad. By making one of the choices really bad, ie 9mm death, the second choice almost sounds reasonable, but it's not.
The 3rd choice is to spend quite a bit more time sorting things out before resorting to an armed response. More concerning to me about this incident is that the cop actually threw fuel and a match onto a calm situation by starting shouting.
I could not agree more. Procedures are no substitute for skill, but too often they seem to end up as such. Often the problem is a short-sighted compromise of quality for quantity. This case says to me that sometime in the past, someone tried to reduce policing to a bunch of if-else statements to avoid relying on individual judgement calls. Sure, that has its place - if you are a machinist. Not if you are dealing with the public. Showing inflexibility from the start can make a neutral situation turn bad. This could as easily have ended badly for the cop, a partner and/or for bystanders thanks to his complete lack of awareness.
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