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sllewgh t1_j61ukv8 wrote

Reply to comment by TeachGullible in Can I Report a Drug House? by Mikel32

Why shouldn't people suggest alternatives to law enforcement? No matter how you feel about the police, this thread and others are full of examples of them failing to resolve issues like this.

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TeachGullible t1_j61wz89 wrote

Because fuck drug dealers that's why. They are a blight on my city and take advantage of vulnerable people suffering from addiction.

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sllewgh t1_j61xlcl wrote

So you really want to do something about it, right? Why take options off the table? Again, the police pretty clearly have not been enough to address this.

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TeachGullible t1_j61y427 wrote

Do you think a council person isn't going to involve law enforcement? There are many alternatives that can and will use law enforcement to get these people out of OP's neighborhood. Law enforcement obviously isn't the only answer, but an integral part of the solution. OP shouldn't be afraid of or ashamed to use them. And I am not some back the blue bootlicker. I do believe that cops cause a lot of problems more often than they should. But heroin and meth dealers have a special place in hell and should have every available resource used against them to take them down.

Edit: Please don't use a subreddit with less than 25% of the city's population as evidence for anything. That is highly anecdotal and truly means nothing in the grand scheme of things.

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sllewgh t1_j61yw4b wrote

> Law enforcement obviously isn't the only answer, but an integral part of the solution.

Then we agree we shouldn't exclude alternatives. Great! Pretty much everything else you wrote is taking issue with stuff I never said.

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TeachGullible t1_j61z2bo wrote

I never said we should, read what I said again.

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sllewgh t1_j61zg8m wrote

>Please stop telling OP to mind their business or suggesting alternatives that don't involve law enforcement.

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TeachGullible t1_j61zn5o wrote

Ok fair I misspoke to a degree. So what alternatives to law enforcement would you use to stop heroin and meth dealers from dealing drugs in the city?

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Animanialmanac t1_j63o6yk wrote

I haven’t seen any alternatives suggested except for social workers, which is not the right answer in this case. What alternatives are available that don’t involve law enforcement? We have similar situations in Little Violetville/Saint Agnes. Who can we call other than law enforcement?

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