Excellent insight into police-community relations in Amer...

Excellent insight into police-community relations in America from a very observant and thoughtful peace officer: Patrick Skinner: "One of the questions I ask every class: When was the last time you had a positive encounter with a cop who didn���t know you were a cop in which she wasn���t telling you to do something (Traffic) or you weren���t asking something. The answer 100% has been ���never���. That���s an issue.... I���m speaking to literally the most cop supportive group-other cops-and they can���t think of a positive voluntary encounter with a cop. The problem isn���t our neighbors. It���s us the cops. It doesn���t have to be this way. So, that���s my whole 1 day course kinda.... We need to train cops entirely as if they didn���t have a badge and a gun. And only at the end say ���by the way, you have this authority, use it as a parachute.��� The badge gets you in the door. The rest is anti-drama. Act accordingly...

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