rick81721
Lothar
Hey Dave, something to shoot for!
https://www.motor1.com/news/499488/porsche-911-gt3-tested-high-speed/
https://www.motor1.com/news/499488/porsche-911-gt3-tested-high-speed/
Raritan 911: Robocop
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FastFreddy
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I wonder how many times they had to stop for fuel running full throttle for 17hrs!
Maybe we should merge our threads into one retirement blog.
are you going to follow @rick81721 lead by posting boring recaps with boring pictures that noone reads?
i liked the cop stories better.
rick81721
Lothar
I remember seeing Peter Noone singing at Steel Pier.Ar least Noone reads it
serviceguy
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Everybody knows that the sidekick is always the real entertainer. Bob’s blog is probably hilarious...or the snake’s!
one piece crank
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Yeah, my personal observations say the worst drivers in the greater Flemington area, drive school buses.
CBS Sunday Morning (June 6) had a in-depth report on the state of law enforcement in the USA. I thought it was well done and insightful. Clearly, there is work to do. However, the black LAPD officer sums it up well: the police are forced to respond to a multitude of issues because there is no one else who will. And then those police are told they have failed when in actuality the failure is with the rest of government: unemployment, homelessness, lack of access for mental health services, the list goes on.
The first 20 minutes are the best; the rest is a little more fluffy and feel-good with the exception of the Bill Bratton piece.
www.cbs.com
The first 20 minutes are the best; the rest is a little more fluffy and feel-good with the exception of the Bill Bratton piece.
CBS Sunday Morning (Official Site) Watch on CBS
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Cassinonorth
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CBS Sunday Morning (June 6) had a in-depth report on the state of law enforcement in the USA. I thought it was well done and insightful. Clearly, there is work to do. However, the black LAPD officer sums it up well: the police are forced to respond to a multitude of issues because there is no one else who will. And then those police are told they have failed when in actuality the failure is with the rest of government: unemployment, homelessness, lack of access for mental health services, the list goes on.
The first 20 minutes are the best; the rest is a little more fluffy and feel-good with the exception of the Bill Bratton piece.
CBS Sunday Morning (Official Site) Watch on CBS
Watch CBS Sunday Morning on CBS - Stream videos, interviews, picture galleries, commentaries, profiles, and more.
I think this is where the middle ground really lies. "Defund the Police" is not "abolish the police". Way different agendas. Police should not have to respond to every mental health call, overdose, or well being check.
Flip that story though. Police do not respond to some complaint about a mental health call, user shoots up neighborhood.
Who gets blamed for not responding?
Cassinonorth
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Most mental health calls are people doing harm to themselves. Not a person with a gun threatening a neighborhood...those two calls are wildly different than what I was saying.
But you get my point I presume. The police are often in a lose-lose situation. Act and fail. Don't act and fail.
Cassinonorth
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You hope that the dispatch can make a decision which is appropriate. Not every situation requires an officer like not every situation requires the fire department. That's where progress gets made.
Tim
aka sptimmy43
Honestly, the police need more funding. That money should go to quality training. The reality is the police do get called for all the things you mentioned. They need to be trained to handle it. Reflecting upon the incident that started the whole “defund the police” movement, that training needs to include how to relieve an officer that is about to or has already crossed a line. As @Norm has already alluded, sometimes not doing anything can be far more catastrophic than doing something.