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In reply to the discussion: The Starbucks thing... [View all]hlthe2b
(105,083 posts)if they were dispatched to a domestic violence situation, called by one party who has no visible signs of trauma and "their" story is that the other party was the threat, would you not want them to investigate or just take that party's word for it? this is regardless of gender, as I do not deny that it is sometimes the woman at fault. Or do you just want them to take that party's word for it and arrest the spouse? Perhaps they identify neighbors who heard/saw what happened. Would you not want THEIR accounts to at least be brought into the assessment?
No. We pay police to THINK. and they are NOT obligated to arrest in EVERY case. If in doubt, they could warn the two that they have no choice at this time to ask them to leave and to sort out the dispute later.
I have seen these kind of incidents play out and I can assure you, you do NOT want police to respond as non-thinking, unquestioning drones hiding behind the "only following procedures" BS excuse. THAT attitude is what is underlying so many police v public incidents, including unwarranted violence.