So we can get rid of the "one size fits all" comment....because states come in different sizes and so do areas within a state
The police service would tailor each police division to the area/population they have responsibility for
To improve policing
"While Minneapolis's move to scrap its police force is unheard-of for a city of its size, it is not unprecedented.
In 2012 the city of Camden, New Jersey - then one of the most violent places in America - announced it was gutting its entire police force along with the local union.
In an attempt at a do-over, it moved to a cheaper but larger county force with the concept of 'community policing' at its core.
Instead of being sent out to make arrests, officers went out in ice cream trucks and hosted barbecues in an attempt to connect with locals.
Officers were given 'deescalation' training, body cameras, and a strict new code on what constitutes 'reasonable' force - including that all other options must be exhausted before an officer can draw a weapon.
The new rules are requirements, not simply guidelines, with officers compelled to act if they see another officer breaching the guide. The department can fire any officer found to be in breach.
Since then, the city's murder rate has dropped by almost 50 per cent while excessive force complaints have dropped by 94 per cent.
As protests sprung up across the nation in response to George Floyd's death, officers in Camden asked to join in - with white police chief Joseph Wysocki pictured holding a banner reading 'marching in solidarity' alongside black activists. "
Minneapolis mayor balks at plans to 'abolish' the police department | Daily Mail Online
So what ?
Would it be better if the Constitution were changed to allow each state or even each town to organize its own army ?
So what ?
It's not doing a great job right now, local PDs are rotten to the core and need replacing entirely, and not just with a copy of it
If the problem is local sure, let the police division/precinct with responsibility for that area handle it
But they're not antonymous, they must act in accordance to state/federal law and not make up one rule for their small town and another for the rest of the country
Btw, do you have any police experience ?
No, that's a local responsibility
But equally we don't need a small town PD deciding to not charge a gun owner for shooting a fleeing shoplifter in order to punish him
Or deciding that a local bar owner thinking it's OK to exclude black people
Because they just could be the catalyst that pulls the whole rotten edifice, of militarized US policing, down like a wrecking ball.
