Is it time for inner city police departments to replace police with social workers?

[Gaius]

@Rurudyne

@Gaius

handing out questionable traffic tickets to tourists

Tourists … or people from New York?

LOL
Most of our tourists are from Philly.

[bigtwnvin]

@TheRedComet

By the way I always announce that I have a firearm in the vehicle. But it’s insane that I even have to do that.

Look up the number of cops shot at traffic stops, that’s why you should let that LEO know you’re armed.

[bigtwnvin]

@TheRedComet

By that same token you are broad brushing the entire citizenry.

There’s ■■■■■■■■ that are part of your “citizenry” that have zero respect for law and order, like nothing more than to be a social media video star and hiring the likes of Ben Crump to represent them in a civil suit. That’s not the entire citizenry, just the ■■■■■■■■■

[WuWei]

I have a right to be rude and not kowtow.

[WuWei]

@Gaius

and they are good at it.

I disagree.

[WuWei]

@bigtwnvin

@TheRedComet

By the way I always announce that I have a firearm in the vehicle. But it’s insane that I even have to do that.

Look up the number of cops shot at traffic stops, that’s why you should let that LEO know you’re armed.

My newt.

[WuWei]

@bigtwnvin

have zero respect for law and order,

Switch.

[Gaius]

@WuWei

@Gaius

and they are good at it.

I disagree.

Ya wanna know how to fix crime in Phoenix?
Interview 200 experienced Phoenix cops and give them everything they want.

Ya wanna make Phoenix even worse?
Interview 200 anti-cop types and give them whatever they want.

[bigtwnvin]

C’mon now. You know they get all excited when they find out you have a pistola. All the questions, asking to check the piece, the obligatory “have a nice day”.
Just tell them you’re armed, where it is and if you have a CWP. Everyone wants to go home and have dinner fer crissakes.

[WuWei]

I disagree.

[WuWei]

@bigtwnvin

C’mon now. You know they get all excited when they find out you have a pistola. All the questions, asking to check the piece, the obligatory “have a nice day”.
Just tell them you’re armed, where it is and if you have a CWP. Everyone wants to go home and have dinner fer crissakes.

Keep your hands where I can see them. Keep your hands away from the gun. Get your hands out of your pockets. Give me your ID. Where are you going. Where are you coming from.

All while he has his hands on the butt of his weapon.

[Gaius]

@WuWei

I disagree.

Let’s try it in two parts then.
1.) If you interview 200 experienced Phoenix cops
and give them everything they want . . .
will crime in Phoenix go up, go down, or stay about the same?

[Samm]

That depends. Will the cops be breaking the law?

[WuWei]

@Gaius

@WuWei

I disagree.

Let’s try it in two parts then.
1.) If you interview 200 experienced Phoenix cops
and give them everything they want . . .
will crime in Phoenix go up, go down, or stay about the same?

Wrong question. My goal is not to “go down crime.”

What will happen to the rights of the good people of Phoenix?

[WuWei]

People say “Nation of laws!” like that’s something to be proud of.

[Gaius]

@Samm

That depends. Will the cops be breaking the law?

I presume the answer is “no” although they might return a bad attitude.
Biggest problem with cops in Phoenix is there is never one around when ya need one.

[WuWei]

They break the law everyday now.

[Gaius]

Pretty common stuff:
(this one is LA, but it’s basically the latest Tide Pod challenge)

‘Flash mob’ looters ransack LA convenience store

[Guvnah]

@Rurudyne

I’m looking to buy stickers for my trash cans asking people to not put their dog poop therein,

On our local NextDoor group, people complain that dog walkers drop their baggies of collected dog poop into their garbage cans.

I never understood the objection. It’s a damn garbage can. And a supermarket bag with a poop in it – no matter how large the dog, isn’t going to impact the available space for your garbage. Heck, I’d rather have them drop the bag in my garbage bin than just leave the poop on my grass. (Or my neighbor’s grass.) In the NextDoor threads, I actually give my address and invite people to put their poop bags in my bin. (Nobody has.) I just don’t understand the objection.

[Samm]

You are right. And when a civic group or a municipality puts out special dog poop disposal bins, when they are emptied, it goes to the same place it does if it is placed in a garbage bin.