Yeah totally agree, even the most hardcore customer service falls far short of what cops have to deal with fairly regularly. I’ve never called the cops on a customer and only once or twice has it come close, they have a totally different set of interpersonal boundaries they work within.
I’ve also never been lucky enough to never have had any issues with cops myself apart from a few speeding tickets, I have usually lived in low crime areas and don’t belong to a more at-risk group that gets undue attention. With society changing so much these days I expect things to worsen, police could become more menacing to me or people near me in the future and I find some comfort in studying effective ways of interacting with them, and avoiding conflict with them.
I can respect how hard their job is while having deep concerns for a) the laws they enforce, b) how they are told to enforce them, c) a significant number of bad actors in the departments and leadership, d) a toxic policing culture pervasive in most areas, e) the current culture of gamification of sending the law after people you disagree with, etc…
Occasionally I speak briefly with them in my line of work and have mentioned bodycam youtube to a few of ]them. They seem aware of it and some watch it, some don’t, I figure anything that gives them more reason for self examination is a good thing, but I can also understand that some of them wouldn’t want to relive work over again on their downtime.
I feel like this is a self perpetuating problem: Cops experience bad shit, become cynic and corrupt, which leads to a general attitude that increases bad shit. Repeat a few rounds, and you end up with cops viewing citizens (especially of stereotypical minority groups) as enemies.
Yeah totally agree, even the most hardcore customer service falls far short of what cops have to deal with fairly regularly. I’ve never called the cops on a customer and only once or twice has it come close, they have a totally different set of interpersonal boundaries they work within.
I’ve also never been lucky enough to never have had any issues with cops myself apart from a few speeding tickets, I have usually lived in low crime areas and don’t belong to a more at-risk group that gets undue attention. With society changing so much these days I expect things to worsen, police could become more menacing to me or people near me in the future and I find some comfort in studying effective ways of interacting with them, and avoiding conflict with them.
I can respect how hard their job is while having deep concerns for a) the laws they enforce, b) how they are told to enforce them, c) a significant number of bad actors in the departments and leadership, d) a toxic policing culture pervasive in most areas, e) the current culture of gamification of sending the law after people you disagree with, etc…
Occasionally I speak briefly with them in my line of work and have mentioned bodycam youtube to a few of ]them. They seem aware of it and some watch it, some don’t, I figure anything that gives them more reason for self examination is a good thing, but I can also understand that some of them wouldn’t want to relive work over again on their downtime.
I feel like this is a self perpetuating problem: Cops experience bad shit, become cynic and corrupt, which leads to a general attitude that increases bad shit. Repeat a few rounds, and you end up with cops viewing citizens (especially of stereotypical minority groups) as enemies.