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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

They protect and serve property.

[–] jg1i 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not even. When I had my car broken into they refused to even come and look. They just told me to fill out some form online. Nothing happened. Absolutely useless.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Rich people's property.

[–] alexc 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Property real and imaginary, lol

[–] disguy_ovahea 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I would argue that they’re trained very well, albeit skewed toward defense tactics. I believe many of these problems would happen less often with a refocus of training and systemic emphasis on deescalation and conflict resolution tactics.

[–] MITM0 1 points 3 days ago

It should be "*To Punish & Torment"