• lath@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I’ve read the story a few times over the years and it’s kinda a myth, so feel free to be skeptical.

    Apparently there was a program going some 40-50 years ago. Train the best and brightest, deck them with the best equipment available and send them out there as the elite. It failed horribly leading to the highest death count the police force had seen. With what little money was left, the opposite was done afterwards. Send in the dumbest hicks around and give them free reign.

    It worked brilliantly. Crime rates were down, death count for the police force was down, costs were down and the bosses were happy.

    Everyone else suffered, but who gave a fuck? And so, the modern police force was born.

    • Globeparasite@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      yes, that is a very beautiful pile of bullshit. First who was running this program what is the “police force” because that doesn’t exist in the US. there is a different police force for every county or city