At 2:11 AM +0000 9/12/06, firestorm wrote:
however, as the senior surviving peace officer (the rank was
de-legislated after my career started) in the state of arkansas, and
as a lecturer on police ethics for lorman educational, i would offer
that actually, police do prevent crime.
Not according to recent studies. Would you like me to get the
references from our Police Chief?
In fact crime tends to go up with the increase of police officers
because average citizens say, "It's not my responsibility".
The most effective deterrents to crime are social pressure and the
fear of getting caught. That's why Community Policing modules are so
effective. You get people involved. Initially, it increases the
chance of getting caught; but as they progress, they increase the
visibility of social pressure against not only criminal but all
asocial activity, as defined by the community.
using any means necessary (check the tablet by the Master where He
randomly talks about tobacco, and sooooooo many people love to push
that one, rather than deal with its entirety) to destroy the traffic
in opium.
"Any" means? How about summary execution for possession? I
guarantee there would be a dramatic decline in usage as well as
having a dramatic effect on the population problem.
Treatment, counseling and social services are both more effective and
efficient. It takes a lot of work to set up such a system, and pilot
programs can be costly until a certain size if attained. But with
full time help, over the life of a 2 year program for participants,
not only is the cost lower than incarceration, the recidivism rate is
dramatically lower.
Don C
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