Which then begs the question of whether their existence is needed.
80% of police work could be done better by trained social workers.
The best thing would be to fully remove police from traffic tickets. Have enforcement for traffic ONLY. If you speed you are given a speeding ticket and move on. None of this let me check your asshole while I pulled you over for a broken tail light.
Berkeley has been working on exactly this. Traffic enforcement wouldnt done by the police department but by a civilian department of transportation. We are a bit hamstrung by state law and it’s been slow going but look up BerkDoT to see how another world might be possible.
I got curious. Here’s the actual story:
VAN BUREN COUNTY, Mich. – Michigan State Police say that legalization >of marijuana is making their jobs difficult.
Officers say that they are able to smell marijuana at traffic stops but are not clear on how law enforcement should handle each situation.
Police are struggling to address reports they receive due to the legality of the substance.
“We come across a lot of kids that are under 21 that have possession of it and obviously that’s in violation so we seize it and go through the process that way but when we come across people that are 21 and older and actually have it legally that’s where it’s kind of hard to deal with it in that aspect," Michigan State Officer Andrew Jeffrey said.
Officer Jeffrey says police receive multiple reports of people smoking marijuana but police cannot do anything if they obtained the substance legally and are not underage.
Ok so the meme but in long
Officer Jeffrey says police receive multiple reports of people smoking marijuana but police cannot do anything if they obtained the substance legally and are not underage.
Yeah no shit, if it’s legal for someone to have it why would the police be able to do anything?
Aside from their general usual disregard for the rule of law.
What’s difficult about how to handle the situation of, “it’s not illegal, do nothing”?
Maybe they’re saying that they’re unsure how to handle potential DUI? Honestly, this article is so poorly written that we can’t tell whether they’re being whiny or making a legitimate point.
