Virtue SignalingCops in rainbow vans move from policing actual crimes to policing thought crimes

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[–]chupacabrawitchI'm super thanks for asking 20 insightful - 2 fun20 insightful - 1 fun21 insightful - 2 fun -  (8 children)

It's probably easier for the cops to virtue signal and do a twitter search and say, look, we're cracking down on crime! Than to solve actual crimes, which takes effort to do. Pure insanity. Imagine if they tried this shit in America.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

I heard that since Tony Blair was in office you had to have a college degree to become a police officer. Apparently, you don’t need to have a certain amount of physical strength or be capable to run fast in order to become a cop anymore.

[–]Elvira95Viva la figa 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I heard in Uk there is no height limit to be a cop. In Italy no woman under 5'4 can be a cop. For men is higher. I like that they don't restrict for height like that, it should be kinda seen individually.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I support the height requirements, because even if a 5’3 man was the strongest in the world, he would still struggle if trying to arrest a man significantly taller than him and who is resisting arrest, and he would also have a more limited reach. Being short is also a disadvantage in a fight regardless of your height.

Of course, given how British police officers are going after people for thought crimes, I unironically support the lack of height requirements for British cops. If I was in England and I said something truthful about transgender people, I would prefer if the cop who came to my door was 4'11. He would not be able to force me to do anything.

[–]Elvira95Viva la figa 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

A cop is armed though, they don't need to use brute force, when they got a gun. Someone with a gun can force you to do anything, regardless of height, not to talk about the authority and power of being a police officer to force people to follow orders.. And although height is certainly a disadvantage in fight, there are techniques that that makes it less so and allow you to overpower someone bigger. Remind of this thread I saw when people in the police talked about pretty short women handling situation just right:https://www.reddit.com/r/policeuk/comments/l47ork/can_a_small_female_make_a_good_police_officer/

I thought height was an automatic disqualifier for that kinda of position and it can be the wrong thought.

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Fair enough. However, British cops don’t carry guns with them, so a British cop being short would have a harder time than a Hungarian or an Italian cop who’s short.

[–]Elvira95Viva la figa 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But they should carry electric gun or something? Like USA police is all about gun, it's crazy how easily the can shoot people and not fair at all, in my country a police officer can't go around shooting people like that. Brute force is rarely used. But in USA context, I think height for a police officer matters zero, since they can go around shooting at the first problem lol Do not about Uk, but a police officer should have weapon to protect themselves. Also the police is not just going around taking crimical, there is the mental part, like being a detective .

[–]chupacabrawitchI'm super thanks for asking 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I know some American police departments might require some amount of college credits in criminal justice, not all, but at the very least, you still have to pass a physical fitness test and be in good health physical and mental condition to work at any of them, is that not the same for the UK? I wonder what their academies are like there

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I agree that cops should meet fitness requirements. I don’t know the laws in my country, but police officers in Ireland have to go to Garda College (Irish police academy) and pass it before they can become cops. I presume we have fitness and height requirements. But Irish cops have become more tyrannical since the pandemic started and they selectively enforce the COVID restrictions.