Here we talk about how police may look like if it followed a more
traditional, more conservative line up. Let us discuss.
Local PD: Local Police would consist of two
groups. The first group is a community watch group that looks out for
signs of trouble and reports in any suspicious activities to the authorities.
The second group is the professionals who investigate and do the arrests.
Simple right. Also, all involved must take an exam that
demonstrates they know the Constitution with an emphasis on the laws regarding
property and free speech rights and knowledge of civil law like theft, and
similar crimes indicative to their area they will serve. The second group would
obviously have formal training to investigate and perform arrests as well.
Also, in both cases the members of these two groups must have at least
50% membership from the town or community they live in, and another 25% may be
allowed from up to two towns away.
Members will be responsible to the
community itself, thus once training is complete, the community will decide if
the person is good enough to become a police officer with their pay done in a
similar manner to schools or fire departments. So the community will put
in a specified amount of money per year and maybe donate goods and vehicles
toward the police so that they can maintain themselves and their lives. A
board of citizens (elected by the community) that are not members of the
police/watch and have no family relations to them will govern the donations and
aid in procuring equipment. This same board will also deal with all
criminal law with respect to introducing laws to the community that are proposed
by the police and watch groups, with the community holding referendums to enact
those laws or amend already existing laws. Thus, murder, assault, sexual
assault, theft, traffic, reckless endangerment, involuntary manslaughter and
property law, will be dealt with at the community level exclusively and in a
community court house (all other laws and oversight will be governed at higher
levels of government). In order to maintain harmony with neighboring
towns, the community boards will gather together to look to harmonize laws as
much as possible.
For both these groups it will also
be encouraged that they interact with the people of the community as much as
possible. So if there is a football game, the cops may be allowed to
participate if they so choose while on patrol. As such it will require
the use of more foot patrols. A reconnection with the community is key to
maintain relations and ensure that people recognize that the police are members
of the community too.
SWAT: This category is the specialists. They are
recruited from the professionals in the second group to do specialist jobs and
serve entire geographic areas, with their equipment and training specialized to
match. These jobs including police divers, dog handlers, professional
instructors, and the like. A special group within this one will handle
hostage rescue, and dealing with criminals whose weapons and lethality exceed
that of the regular police. So aside from these special roles, they will
have no further function. (Note: in case of riots, police and watch members,
under the direction of SWAT leadership will gather from multiple communities to
handle the situation if the situation calls for it).
Conclusion: This is a hypothetical organization
if we were to redo our police departments. In fact, in the past, the same
community watch members would also serve as fire fighters or other unique roles
in the community. So this is, to say the least, not out of the realm of
possibility. So before we talk about nationalizing police, or other
reforms, let us talk about bringing the police and community back together and
remove the government's involvement as much as possible so that police no
longer have politicians breathing down their backs and forcing them to do
things that they are constitutionally not allowed to do (like militarizing).
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