Should there be a kind of draft for the police nationwide?

[SleeplessinSoCal]

Actual patrolling by those who'd not thought of being in the police force, but could be drafted, trained at the federal level and disbursed to their own communities for service.

There has been talk about some form of service to be performed by all Americans. Sadly, left to volunteerism or career choices, too often white supremacists wind up in local police departments.

This would be a huge lift, but it ought to be discussed.

[Demsrule86]

1. No...this is a free country. Let's try to keep it that way. I am against forcing American outside

of a time of war to be drafted for anything.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

8. I mean a "kind" of draft. Not an actual draft.

But a way to actually physically invest in the country that is under assault by White Supremacists.

I have a nephew in the army. Our tax dollars are paying for his training and education. The budget to maintain our national security is huge. But we are being destroyed from within by very bad people. Horrible Americans. Far worse than Benedict Arnold.

We cannot afford to do nothing.

[Mr.Bill]

2. The only thing where a draft should be considered

is maybe some sort of community service. And not everyone would even be appropriate for that.

[Demsrule86]

10. No, we have no right in a free country to force any public service.

[peppertree]

3. It would make law & order even more interesting, no doubt about it

[Initech]

7. "When Marge first told me she was going to police academy, I thought it would be fun and exciting!"

"Like that movie, Spaceballs. Instead it's been painful and disturbing like that movie Police Academy."

[Demsrule86]

11. That is a funny movie.

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[brewens]

4. No, but there should be more cops recruited and trained from where they will be working.

Even the worst inner city crime area you can name still has mostly good people. No one needs good jobs more.

[Demsrule86]

14. I agree. But that is hard to do.

[uponit7771]

16. THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾

[WhiskeyGrinder]

5. Lol omg no.

[BlackSkimmer]

6. Oh dear. I'm going to go with a solid no.

On so many levels, no.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

9. I don't want blanket "No's". I want ideas and solutions.

We are being systematically destroyed by lies, alt right actors, and the most hateful Americans. We need big ideas. We can't just turn the page

[MineralMan]

17. "No" is an idea. It's just not one you like, apparently.

What we need is a better sort of police department that would attract people to that job. Right now, it attracts the wrong people, mainly.

We don't force people to do jobs here. When we have tried, it has generally worked out poorly.

[TheBeam19]

12. Hell no.

The military draft was and is wrong, and so it would be for policing. I think we would only end up with better cops if we 1) paid more and paid well, 2) made some level of college education a requirement, and 3) implemented stringent screening for applicants, including psych evals and background checks somewhat similar to those conducted on people seeking intelligence clearance, not just a simple records search. But I don’t see any of that happening.

[Tommy Carcetti]

13. ....No! nt

[uponit7771]

15. Yes ... of course !! 100% of them should be people of color and only patrol MAGA neighborhoods ....

... while being heavily armed and driving armored personal carriers each.

I like that idea

[Cuthbert Allgood]

18. Or, hear me out, we start cutting down on the police and the things we want them to do.

I know defund the police isn't popular here, but it needs to be done. We don't need to do anything to get more police.

[Mr.Bill]

19. I somewhat agree.

More cops is like trickle down economics. It's been tried over and over and doesn't seem to bring the results it promises.