re: #188 Swift2991

I think he’s a newbie or an auxiliary, being asked to get to know a neighborhood by canvassing it. So he’s not looking for criminals, he’s profiling a community. Oh, a lot of people find x a problem here, etc. They want to hear about stuff from the people in the community. I think it’s better than the cops riding around in closed cars, being an occupation army. Better that than the armed neighborhood militias. Ugh.

I think community policing is a good idea. It’s just weird to have a cop write down your name and address for nothing. At least he didn’t ask for ID. And I know people who have had negative experiences with law enforcement who would have had stronger reactions than I did.

I do hope he sticks around and gets to know the whole town. We tend to be a police training facility for towns that pay a decent salary.