re: #144 A Mom Anon

They need training period. I think some of what’s happening is a top down “it’s us vs everyone else, they want to kill you” mentality. Cops have a thankless and underpaid, dangerous job to be sure. But they are not making it any better for themselves by declaring war on the general public. Especially minority communities. There really needs to be a deep look taken at what is being taught beyond shooting practice and active shooter drills. Our news here in Atlanta has stories all the time about”what the cops are doing to protect you from terrorists and lone wolf shooters” but not a word about what else goes into police training. And the cops keep having these “active shooter workshops” for the public at local schools on the weekends. None of that addresses day to day public safety issues.

its a tough job that requires skills and a proper attitude. many doing the job lack one or both either through degradation over time or inadequate training. and/or a general lack of acknowledgement of what those skills and attitude actually are/should be.