I've known a LOT of cops

[sibelian]

86. That's what I want, too... but...

I think the thing is workplaces in general just don't work like that.

Right now I'm sitting next to a PA that has no clue what she's paying at from one minute to the next. I could go and rat on her...

(shrug)

If you spend every minute of your working life with a jerk, you knid of just end up accommodating them, I think it's just human nautre. For most people It requires a colossal amount of willpower and focus to get over your own version to "making waves". Cops will be no exception to this...

You're right, though. It is what should happen.

Given the way humans behave towards each other in the workplace, though, I'm finding it really difficult to imagine how you could implement any kind of toolkit or "ratting" system that wouldn't severly disrupt the ordinarily non-sinister interpersonal relations between individual officers. Imagine facing armed druggies one day, losing your temper because one of them got his kid to sell heroin to another kid to make a quick buck and then getting ratted out for going over the line by your buddy. You simply would not WANT to imagine it, and I'm willing to bet the mere presence of any kind of officially sanctioned ratting system would screw with your performance. You'd be so tempted to fuck up in other ways, probably in the form of NOT going after the crooks as enthusiastically as you could. I'm also willing to bet that departmental heads are easily smart enough to see for themselves that this would inescapably be the case.

Principle meets the fog of humanity... again...



There does need to be a solution. People are getting killed by fucked up policemen... The priority should be the safety of the general public, and I think in most cases that prioritisation is honoured.

In a sense it's kind of easy for us to focus on the incidents where the contract has fallen over and look for systemic flaws.

I think one of the reasons cops are getting so out of hand is largely related to the fact that human beings in general are getting out of hand, losing sight of what's important, and we can only select from the applicants we're given...

Rambling...