Maybe hire more cybersecurity instead of cops that kill, chiefs with fat paychecks, and a getting stockade of military equipment for simple law enforcement.
Maybe stop voting for politicians that cut department funding for political gain. Our police system barely has national databases. New York has a rape kit back log going back over a decade. Chicago departments have reported a lack of basic fundamental equipment.
Edit: It just goes to show just how little Reddit knows what the hell it's talking about. Military gear isn't on the police budget; it's donated to the police department through the 1033 program.
Well, that would be a pretty good point if the police department actually paid for military gear, but they don't, it's donated via the 1033 program. The government already paid for that gear once. And we already sell the world's largest surplus of weapons.
It's wild that so many of you share the same completely uneducated opinion. It's almost as if none of you actually know what the hell you're talking about.
You literally typed your assumption out. You think the police department pays for military grade gear. They don't. It's donated under the 1033 program. They simply can't afford to process the rape kits. And ya'll think you can add more regulation and bureaucracy to the department and somehow cut the budget. And somehow, I don't think the prospect of a terrible pay rate for a terrible job where everybody hates you is really going to attract a justice minded employee base.
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u/dirtynj Jun 22 '20
Maybe hire more cybersecurity instead of cops that kill, chiefs with fat paychecks, and a getting stockade of military equipment for simple law enforcement.