When, if ever, would you call for law enforcement? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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I know Lemmy has the ACAB sentinment, and I get it, I don't trust them either. But real talk tho, there are some scenarios where you might not have other options.

So... the question is: When, if ever, would you call for law enforcement? And if you distrust law enforcement, is there ever a situation where it gets so bad that you just have to risk involving law enforcement?

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[-] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 17 points 3 weeks ago

In my experience police have always been kind and helpful. Not everyone has the same experience I suppose.

[-] weeeeum@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah a lot of people hate their local police because of something that happened on the other side of the country. You should only distrust your local department when you have a reason to distrust them. I live in a little town and the local police are super chill.

[-] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 6 points 3 weeks ago

Nice! Chill police is a great thing to have in town.

[-] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

A cop on my local police force pulled over a driver while off duty and pulled his gun on the poor guy. He wasn’t local and just made an illegal turn without realizing it. (I think the cop may have been drinking as well). Thanks to the driver having a dash cam that recorded the entire incident the cop was eventually forced to resign.

On the other hand I had a police lieutenant that lived a few doors down from me (same police department) and he was a really nice guy, both off duty and on. Once when I was a victim of identity theft, the cop on desk duty that I spoke to refused to take a report from me. I later spoke to my neighbor and he told me in no uncertain terms that the other guy was wrong. My neighbor told me to go request a report again when he was on duty, and to immediately call him if I ran into problems again.

So you can find all sorts of both good & bad cops in just about any department….

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