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gollygee

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19. Ours has been working really hard to improve anyway

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Wed Sep 3, 2014, 08:02 PM

Sep 2014

They were investigated and found to racially profile, which is typical and sad, but I was glad to see them take the report seriously, make major leadership changes, and do a ton of community building since, rather than pretend that it wasn't true or wasn't a problem or anything like that.

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What are your local police like? [View all] Archae Sep 2014 OP

I've seen San Francisco PD actually work to accommodate spontaneous marches arcane1 Sep 2014 #1

Trigger happy XemaSab Sep 2014 #2

My local police are the NYPD . . . markpkessinger Sep 2014 #3

I hardly ever see them. I did watch them and the fire department work at a car crash Cleita Sep 2014 #4

Lazy, practically worthless rock Sep 2014 #5

St Petersburg FL onethatcares Sep 2014 #6

Mine are typical small-town cops bigwillq Sep 2014 #7

Compared to some others, San Diego PD is remarkably restrained. MindPilot Sep 2014 #8

Fullerton, California. Enough said. Initech Sep 2014 #9

Today one of our officers got his bond reduced from 5,000,000 to 500,000 for the rape charges he is CBGLuthier Sep 2014 #10

I try not to interact with the cops in Broward County... Callmecrazy Sep 2014 #11

Like Ferguson's otohara Sep 2014 #12

The cops around here, two cities and county, are lazy at best. LisaLynne Sep 2014 #13

Pretty friendly for the most part. sakabatou Sep 2014 #14

Not bad compared to others damnedifIknow Sep 2014 #15

As a middle aged woman who mainly drives an old mini van, I am almost invisible to logosoco Sep 2014 #16

trigger happy, overworked, and understaffed. hunter Sep 2014 #17

People I know as friends. It's a small town. Brickbat Sep 2014 #18

Ours has been working really hard to improve anyway gollygee Sep 2014 #19

Not bad. 840high Sep 2014 #20

Don't know much about Jamaal510 Sep 2014 #21