Do you trust your local police department? (poll)

[Agent Smith]

I have had good and bad run-ins with the cops. Its literally a 50/50 ratio, but i would still say I trust them.

Trying to see how you all feel about your local PD.

[rrayy]

OF course I trust my local PD. They have a great track record.

[Queen of Hamsters]

Yep, I trust them.

If they began killing dark-skinned people regularly, abuse their power or turn out to vote for fascists, I'd reconsider.

[Zelk]

My encounters with police have either been that they're useless or violent.

[callipygoustp]

Have had only good encounters with the local PD.

[Sunseeker]

Since there's no moderate answers, I trust them far more than I distrust them.

[Jonnusthegreat]

I don't know. I haven't interacted with them. I have not been 'introduced' to a PD that I had reason to trust, though. So my guess is no.

[Logwyn]

Interactions with the County Officers have always been great. The city ones ugh.

[muto]

Yes. Most police officers aren’t assholes. I’d rather encounter police officers than those violent leftist protestors out right now. That’s for sure.

[Elegiac]

Absolutely not. The only boys in blue I respect are the folks at USPS.

[Jonnusthegreat]

Yes. Most police officers aren’t assholes. I’d rather encounter police officers than those violent leftist protestors out right now. That’s for sure.

You have a lower chance to be violently attacked by protesters than police. Not sure about property damage, though.

[PACOX]

I actually do. I've have numerous positive encounters with the PD even when they could have hit me with a tick. I know a couple who have had bad encounters and those officers were swiftly reprimanded.

The next town over, trash PD. In fact most PDs in the surrounding areas are. They are definitely melanin intolerant and full of your 'tough guy' types. In college, I trusted campus PD (which was a full PD but only patrolled on and around campus), the sheriffs, and state troopers. Wouldn't access the city PD for directions. This was in a decent-sized city with an active crime rate.

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Interactions with the County Officers have always been great. The city ones ugh.

I'm seeing a pattern.


Edit: I have not had many bad experiences with a particular local PD. I don't trust them though.

[Nastard]

I live in an area where a beloved elderly Native American wood carver was shot four times in the back and killed by a "threatened" cop because he was holding his small closed pocket knife and didn't turn around at the officer barking at him because he was nearly deaf and never heard him. No charges were made and the officer resigned will full benefits. So, no.

[Crissi]

nope. DPD has a LOT of issues. Botham Jean just one incident of many, but the worst

[Foosha]

nope. DPD has a LOT of issues. Botham Jean just one incident of many, but the worst

Oh please. It was proven she did it in cold murder and it really had nothing to do with the police. If anything it shows the leniency they give women in heinous convictions vs men. She only got what, 10 years for Murder 2? Pffftttttt fuckin pathetic lol

[Lanrefni]

State Police is a yes,nearby town cops are a fuck no.

[Endus]

I voted "yes", but let's be clear; I'm Canadian. The Ottawa Police Service are good blokes for the most part and we don't really have anything like the massive systemic failures of the USA to deal with (a bit with the RCMP and First Nations, particularly out West, but that's already a known issue and is actively being worked on to resolve).

I got detained when I was 16, in Nova Scotia, under suspicion of B&E. The police had a report from a local homeowner identifying us, and we were definitely in the area. Me and my buddy were put in the backs of two separate squad cars, and questioned. No cuffs. By the end, we were released, because it became pretty damned clear that the fucko who reported us was my buddy's girlfriend's dad, who didn't want them dating. We were showing up to hang out with her at a place she was babysitting, with the family's permission. If we'd been in the USA, and if we'd been black, we'd probably have been fucking shot. I'm well aware of my privilege, as a Canadian, but it's also part of what makes me pretty fuckin' angry about the mistreatment of Americans, because I see pretty clearly how it should be.

[Crissi]

Oh please. It was proven she did it in cold murder and it really had nothing to do with the police. If anything it shows the leniency they give women in heinous convictions vs men. She only got what, 10 years for Murder 2? Pffftttttt fuckin pathetic lol

He wasnt the only one. Also, Texas Rangers and other DPD officers tried to excuse her actions.

Here, Have another example.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/inve...-timpa-s-life/

[Foosha]

He wasnt the only one. Also, Texas Rangers and other DPD officers tried to excuse her actions.

Here, Have another example.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/inve...-timpa-s-life/

Interesting. Where were the riots and protests for him?

[Shadowferal]

I remember when an officer was waiting outside my complex for me. He just wanted to let me know my license expired and that I should get that taken care of. He assured me that "we aren't go to trouble you about it" but he couldn't say that about other townships.

Local pd here has always been like that.