Lowes Employee Fired for Stopping Shoplifter!

↑ Fox

Mon, Jul 24 2023, 5:51 pm

Cheiny wrote:

And on that note… have you heard the song? Wink

I actually thought about referencing that. One of the stories I've been following over the last couple of years is LEO recruitment.

Small municipalities and regions with a strong law enforcement culture have become very aggressive and organized in recruiting big city cops who feel they've been thrown under the bus. I just heard an interview recently with a former NYPD detective who now works as a recruiter for an organization representing Florida police. He matches up the needs of local departments with NYPD officers looking to get out. One of his comments was that he knew at least a dozen guys doing similar recruitment work in other states or specialties.

So the song really describes a circular effect: good cops are attracted to municipalities and regions with a culture of respect for law enforcement. Having a police department staffed with good cops means you're likely to have fewer problems with excessive force, corruption, and other misuses of police authority. Which means that your citizenry will continue to have their respect for law enforcement reinforced. All of which will lead to fewer crimes and less public mayhem, so actual vigilante actions will be far more rare than in a setting with little to no faith in the police.