Why zero tolerance is the only answer to codified forceTypical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 6:04 pmhttps://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontlin ... storm.htmlFarfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 5:02 pmTime to tax the sandmanTypical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 4:55 pm5%-8% is a huge number as that 5% can go out their way to be problematic. I have a friend that is on the force for a blue collar former mill type town. He said it was open season after Trump was elected. His wife wanted him to quit because she was afraid of “friendly” fire.Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 4:42 pmI recall a little while back, probably before first suspension, the knuckle dragged asked me what I thought the percentage of unprofessional/ill qualified and poor performing cops was and I suggested 5-15% and he hugged out like it was 1/100th of that. I stand by that, may even be a little low. Think the margin for error in that job should be infinitesimal (below 3% to start), so even 5-8% is highly problematic in my view. Seems like to a degree the adverse selection, like the future of football and the military, not to mention boxing, is pushing that up. We will see.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 3:15 pmHe should have used the qualifier “some”.
Lonzo was based on a real life LA cop.
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/mia ... 452/?amp=1
At his sentencing in February, 2000, Perez marketed his version of what went wrong. He offered apologies and accepted blame. But, he also blamed the "intoxicant" of police power. "The us-against-them ethos of the overzealous cop began to consume me. And the ends justified the means," he told the court. "We vaguely sensed we were doing the wrong things for the right reasons. Time and again, I stepped over that line. Once crossed, I hurdled over it again and again, landing with both feet sometimes on innocent persons. My job became an intoxicant that I lusted after."