why are policy changes so difficult for police agencies to accomplish?
92489
Partly because of interference from the civic officials who oversee them - law and order is a lot of what elected politicians make their stock in trade, and so interfere a lot to be seen doing something.\n\nAnd also because police unions tend to be quite powerful and influential with the public.
168288
Little tough to understand exactly what you're asking here.\n\nCan someone, working for the police or not, break the law?  Of course they can.  \n\nAre certain people expected *not* to break the law?  Sure.  And informants are one of those people.  I worked in a narcotics task force for three years and worked with plenty of informants.  Did we tell them they weren't supposed to break the law?  Of course we did.  Did they turn right around and break the law anyway?  I imagine so...most of them are addicts or thieves or just plain crooks and have been most of their lives, why would they suddenly stop just because they've signed on with the home team to become a policeman's helper?\n\nI don't know of any laws on this subject per se...ours was a policy issue; we told the informant to quit screwing up.  Certainly Virginia might have a law on that subject but it seems to me (based on 19 years of policing) that it would be awfully difficult to enforce.  \n\nI'd love to know what makes you ask this question.
176601
The government is all about rules. Sometimes what you think is best for you or for anyone else doesn't follow the government's rules. Plus, the government has layers and layers of bureaucracy. Trying to get any meaningful change through all of that is very difficult.
809849
Good question.  They are changing the laws here in NC to make it possible for the state and local police to finally be able to act accordingly with criminal trespassers.  I am so happy about it.  Maybe they can get rid of at least some of them.
977904
No it's probably time for a rational review of drug laws. But don't count on our politicians to propose changes. They can't be seen as "soft on crime". Better to build more jails and get reelected than to solve our society's problems.
670112
In other countries such as Canada and Australia federal law enforcemet is under controll of one agency such as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or Australian Federal Police, except for some specialized agencies such as Customs and Immigration. There are benefits and drawbacks to the one agency set up. The central chain of command makes for no rivalries between other agencies but also when "you" do "everything" its easy to become a generalist and loose touch of the specialties that make each agency special. I've always admired the U.S. for having the resources to have set up separate law enforcement agencies to investigate different types of of offences. Besides It's always easier to become really good at doing one thing than being good at doing everything.
289160
Absolutly not! My father was a police officer and a deputy for years. It is unbelievable how many oportunities there are for people in these positions to do just that. It takes a lot of integrity and determination to fulfill these positions.
1001999
No, I think cops choose that profession because they're lacking control in their lives, and they're trying to compensate.
757203
Uh, you're kidding, or being facetious right?\n\nLaw enforcement personnel are sworn to uphold the law.  To degrade oneself by stooping to levels that perpertrators do makes any officer partaking in "street justice" a criminal, and therefore not truly an officer of the law, and not worthy to carry a badge.  \n\nThe court system is not perfect, but it's what we got.  When citizens get tired enough of youthful offenders stealing their hard earned belongings or assaulting them and begin to petition the law makers, then the court system may finally begin to work the way we all hope.  \n\nAny adult, police officer or otherwise, who takes out physical justice on an intellectually and emotionally immature person...read juvenile (sorry folks, that's what they are) are cowards.  Part of L.E. is rehab.  Cops aren't just about putting people in jail, they also assist in programs to help kids stay out of trouble.
969313
It allows the police to use the excuse to obtain more funding from various sources. Unfortunately, the government tries to act like private industry where bigger is better.  Bigger is not better - bigger is merely bigger.  Efficiency is the key.  Unfortunately, the government bear by its very model is inefficient.
395856
umm.. every single time we have PCSd there have been difficulties.  It's harder coming or going OCONUS, with pets and with children.
997876
Depends on where you are.  Police are generally local departments governed by local politics.
800829
Maybe he thought a change might make him more difficult to identify in a police lineup
970682
I have been in law enforcement for over 24 years.  I work in a major agency that handles an average of 25,000 calls for service every month.  Out of all of those calls, no one ever looks at the good we do.  \n\nI can tell you that over the years I have been involved in many violent situations.  It is not like T.V., its very hard to arrest someone that doesn't want to be arrested. Also, we are not a bunch of martial arts experts that can control someone with one fancy move.\n\nI will admit that I have seen a few real cases of police brutality over the the year.  But, 99 % of the accusations are false.
1053198
Whoever told you that is wrong.  \n\nYou're talking about some fairly complicated jurisdictional issues.  There are many, many situations where police can and do exercise jurisdiction on private property.
658903
All states I am aware of follow thier state POST ( Police Officer Standard and Training) requirements for that state.\n\nI would suggest you do a research ( web search) on POST traiing.\n\nNormally police policy merely states they require and follow POSST standards
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Dear Friend,\n\nThe only way to change a law is to get a new law passed.  You need to find a member of the state legislature who will support your point of view.  Try to think which party would more likely support this change.  Then start writing to members of that party in the state legislature.\n\nYour Friend,\nFrancesois