• Sarmyth@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I disagree with your assertion that the police are not there to stop crime. Detering and stopping crimes absolutely falls under their job description.

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      10 months ago

      I would advise you look in to all of the times where cops let people get hurt because it is not their job to stop it. Most notably the NYC subway stabbing where the police officer locked themselves in the cockpit where it was safe and watched a madman stab another person several times.

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        10 months ago

        Not being compelled to risk your life is different than it not being your job to stop/prevent crime.

        It may be your job to collect shopping carts in a parking lot, and you may choose to go out in a thunderstorm to get those carts, but no judge is going to compel you to risk your life.

        Much like a cop there is a risk of injury doing your job every day, so you can’t just never do the job, but some risks are above what people commonly consider normal. I think almost every example you are aluding to falls into that category and doesn’t preclude them from the job of preventing crime.