Police union newsletter article: 'reward aggression'

[MrScorpio]

PORTLAND, Ore. - An article published in the Portland Police Union’s newsletter, The Rap Sheet, urges police agencies to “reward aggression,” and it’s raising a few eyebrows and concerns in light of this year’s four deadly officer-involved shootings.

The article, “Seven habits of successful departments,” written by Charles Remsberg, an expert in police training, appears to almost push for using guns over other, less-lethal weapons.

While the Portland Police Association didn’t write the article, given the current tension after Portland’s shootings, some wonder why the union would include it in its November 2010 edition.

In addition to writing that the most-effective police agencies “reward aggression,” Remsberg also says that too many “prefer officer Friendly types …” who are “good at smiling and waving and kissing babies.” He also says those agencies use personality tests to screen out “hard-charging recruit candidates” and that those “passive officers” are “mentally ill-prepared to deal with violent suspects.”

http://www.kval.com/news/local/112385834.html

So, that officer who's aggressively bashing you upside your head for no apparent reason?

Well… Just remember that he's one of the "effective" cops out there.

[gratuitous]

1. Lack of aggression hasn't been a noticeable problem for Portland's police

Which is one reason the City has to keep paying out damage awards to citizens injured or killed by the boys in blue.

[Enrique]

2. too many Officer Friendly types

not enough Dirty Harry types.

[DCKit]

3. Psychopaths. Even the Nazi's realized they couldn't control them...

and ended up killing the whole bunch in one fell swoop (The Night of the Long Knives).

5% of all people are psychopaths, and we've sent tens of thousands to Iraq and Afghanistan where they could get a real taste for torture, killing and general mayhem.

I never thought this would turn out well for U.S..

Those who fail to learn from history....

[applegrove]

4. Don't most police need to be alpha males? I mean they need to be affable but they need

to run in the direction of gunfire. They need to talk down upset men and women all the time. Doesn't that take a certain type of aggression? Cause you have no idea how aggressive some criminals can be.

[MrScorpio]

5. I think that you're talking about "Assertion"

I take "Aggression" to mean combativeness.

We're talking about peace officers, not The Marines.

[applegrove]

6. I still think you want aggression in police officers. Nothing out of control. But people

who can dominate if need be. I'm assertive and I'm a creampuff too.

[Odin2005]

7. Fucking PIGS!