guzhogi

guzhogi t1_j5z5mjm wrote

Reply to comment by johnn48 in Met Police says two to three officers will face charges every week for months by SmokeSinseLoud

I agree. I’ve seen articles on Facebook (not sure how accurate) about how some cities have implemented a social work or something program where instead of sending armed police to people in distress situations, they send social workers or people trained to deal with people with autism, schizophrenia, etc. if I remember correctly, they had some success with it. I might be getting the details wrong, but I’d love to see current reports of those kinds of practices, who successful they are, and what difficulties they have with such programs.

A while ago, I saw this really interesting documentary, “Paper Tigers”, about an alternative high school where instead of suspending kids, the staff tries to reach out and treat the underlying causes. It delves into “Adverse Childhood Experiences” or ACEs, like parents divorcing, death of family and friends, drug use (either themselves or family/friends), assault/abuse, family getting arrested, etc. I guess the more ACEs you have, the more “fight or flight” mode you’ll be in. But having even a single stable, supportive adult around can help a lot with that. Kinda heavy, but an interesting and important watch. Also available through Apple

1

guzhogi t1_j5yllyr wrote

Reply to comment by johnn48 in Met Police says two to three officers will face charges every week for months by SmokeSinseLoud

> Why do we rely on the publics iPhones to record police interactions with the police rather than body cameras?

I have a friend who worked in law enforcement. He said the cost of the body cameras, plus the server/storage infrastructure, plus the people needed to review the footage adds up to a LOT of money.

He has a point, though with all the money going into the military, there should be enough to send for everything needed to support body cameras.

−31

guzhogi t1_iwhovfn wrote

Reply to comment by Impressive-Hold7812 in At least 16 high school hockey players were injured after an allegedly intoxicated semi-truck driver crashed into their team bus | CNN by JBupp

I guess the kid who got ejected is the son of a coworker of mine. I’ll give the family some privacy, especially since it’s a kid, but looks like several broken ribs, bruised lungs and spleen, pelvic fractures (but doesn’t need surgery for the pelvis). Internal injuries are stable.

2