I'll say it again.
Some of the citizen anti cop sentiment comes from the bad attitude and poor choices of the citizen.
If you have problems with one cop out of a hundred,OK,maybe a bad cop. If you have problems with seven out of ten cops,you are probably a jerk.
But I also think it is self defeating to say there is no room for improvement among the police.
I have watched a lot of the cop bashing you tube videos. Yes,the youtuber is often very antagonistic toward the cop..
I'm not excusing that part. But what the youtuber often exposes is the cop is either not well informed of the law,Constitutional rights,etc,or the cop steps on those to expedite filling out a report,or to assert dominance,or whatever.
People are PO'd because cops do violate civil rights,and some cops escalate things way out of proportion.
Thats not good for the citizen,the cop,or the citizen/cop relationship.
So,perhaps there is a lack. Of knowledge.
Is there anything about defunding that will help cops be more aware of the laws and civil rights?
No.
Its going to take training. When can a cop demand ID? When can a citizen decline to show ID.? Or,what are the laws on open carry,and where is the fine line where a law abiding citizen is being harrassed?
Sure,we all have our opinions. And that is the problem. Those don't matter.
Its the law that matters.
I know budgets and man hours are in short supply.
Refer to J Edwards Demings book,"Out of the Crisis" Refer to his "Seven deadly sins"
Thinking short term,and cutting training.
It will take training to improve the quality of law enforcement.
Now, I want to be clear,I don;t say that to imply law enforcement is the primary problem. Our citizens and society have their shortcomings.
No amount of budget or training cops will fix eople fighting cuffs,or running,or doing what citizens do to get tased or shot,etc.
I think some percentage of those crisis situations are unnecessary and created by the process.
Thomas Jefferson said something like " If it does not rob my pocket or break my leg,its none of my concern"
And Benjamin Franklin designed a coin with the motto "Mind your business"
Perhaps a certain amount of "pro-active police work" amounts to fishing for something to escalate.
I suggest I've offered some areas of citizen concern
Cutting budget won't help.