Defunding Police not working out.

[Rev. Rye]

A lot of those situations that go sideways do so because cops are sent out to resolve them. The perception of cops - rightly or wrongly - is that cops arrest people and take them to jail. Cops simply showing up at, again, at a homeless guy on a bench heightens tensions.

Even cops don’t get into firefights all that often. Less that 5% of police call-outs (in the US) turn violent.

It’s perfectly possible to increase the number of social workers without reducing the number of cops - don’t be so quick to equate ‘defund the police’ with ‘fire a bunch of cops’. What I suggested would actually free up more cops to deal with the nightmare scenarios you’re concerned about.

Boru

True - not that many turn violent - in no small part because the cops ARE armed. You don' t try to stab or axe a pair of guys packing sidearms.....

A social worker?


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I' m sure they' ll be hiring... You should look for a job in LA, Chicago or Detroit.....

I'm sure they will take you.....

So, presumably, you believe that social workers get killed more often than cops? You think you can back up that claim? For the record, I’m currently reading an article on Business Insder that lists the 34 deadliest jobs in America, but it’s loading very slowly on my iPad and I’ve only gotten through the first third and I have found neither on the list.

Update: it’s gotten better and it list the police on #20, with 11.1 deaths per 100,000 equivalent full time workers. Social workers don’t even make the list.