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Talitha

(6,580 posts) Thu Jun 4, 2020, 01:00 AM Jun 2020

Interesting and timely quote from retired police detective Frank Serpico.

"A policeman’s first obligation is to be responsible to the needs of the community he serves. The problem is, that the atmosphere does not yet exist in which an honest police officer can act without fear of ridicule or reprisal from fellow officers. We create an atmosphere in which the honest officer fears the dishonest officer, and not the other way around."

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Should be the other way around.

Makes me wonder if we'll EVER get there.

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Interesting and timely quote from retired police detective Frank Serpico. (Original Post) Talitha Jun 2020 OP

Educating people I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2020 #1

Yes... exactly! Talitha Jun 2020 #2

I would add the issue of bystanding I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2020 #3

How can we get there since we are so far away from that. rusty quoin Jun 2020 #4

Wish I remember the Gulf-state city mentioned, because Hortensis Jun 2020 #5

K&R smirkymonkey Jun 2020 #6

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,463 posts)

1. Educating people

Reply to Talitha (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 01:26 AM

Jun 2020

And cops about narcissism,abuse of power,Dynamics of abuse and abusive relationships and about enabling and how it undermines individual ethics and the ethics of groups might help

Talitha

(6,580 posts)

2. Yes... exactly!

Reply to I_UndergroundPanther (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 01:29 AM

Jun 2020

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,463 posts)

3. I would add the issue of bystanding

Reply to Talitha (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 01:50 AM

Jun 2020

And how it lets abuse happen too. I forgot that one.

rusty quoin

(6,133 posts)

4. How can we get there since we are so far away from that.

Reply to Talitha (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 03:56 AM

Jun 2020

I am just hoping unlike I have ever been to come back to normal and just to start.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

5. Wish I remember the Gulf-state city mentioned, because

Reply to Talitha (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:08 AM

Jun 2020

I want to read about it, but an expert on MSNBC cited it as able to substantially improve its policing by some method of empowering good officers to report wrongdoing. In place, the new system proved that many good officers wanted to act to stop wrongdoing.

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

6. K&R

Reply to Talitha (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:09 AM

Jun 2020

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