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HereSince1628

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9. What is ingrained? I think that's where the incentive may be found

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #8)

Fri Nov 22, 2013, 07:39 AM

Nov 2013

Power tripping may be part of this but it seems to not nearly be enough. After a while harassing people in the same old way, gets boring if not tiring. And this seems not to be the behavior of a single person in need of extreme quantities of narcissistic supply...its spread over the entire unit.

Seems to me that does indicate it is something about the system...but WHAT? Do the patrol cops get bonuses or promotions based on the number of incident reports they file?

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