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minus-squaresanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down47·10 hours agoI don’t want to be the guy defending cops, but there is usually more than one officer in a squad car. There is no rule against a passenger being distracted.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·4 hours ago I don’t want to be the guy defending cops, but Has never been the start of a good and relevant point.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 hours agoI don’t want to be the guy defending Hitler or Jeffery Dahmer, but
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoYou’re thinking of cop shows from the '70s and '80s, not reality.
minus-squaresanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·3 hours agoNo, I am thinking of what I have seen in real life. In my area there is almost always 2 cops per vehicle. I was unaware this was not standard.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 hours agoWhat is your area? I’ve lived in about 20 US states, in cities and rural areas, and it’s always been 1 cop per vehicle.
minus-squarecriitz@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·8 hours agoIn my area it’s always one cop, and they are driving and using their laptop that sits on the passenger side
minus-squarePostmortal_Pop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up54·10 hours agoWhere I live it’s strictly one cop per car unless they’re training. That’s why they pull people over in packs.
minus-squareture@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up25·9 hours agoThat’s something I never got about cops in the US. Everywhere in Europe, there are always two cops per car, at least in the places I have been.
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up24·9 hours agoIt’s to create the illusion that there’s more cops than there really are. Same reason behind take home cars. My city of about 300k people has about 30 cops patrolling at any given time.
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 minutes agoSan Jose, California has some wild numbers perhaps like that. Would you take more if you could? Assuming no reform, just more of the same.
minus-squareLennny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·9 hours agoEasier to terrorize minorities if you spread out.
minus-squaresanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·10 hours agoI haven’t seen that before. I guess they really are just using a laptop and driving at the same time.
minus-squarevariantslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 hours agoOr they sit at green lights because they are too into their laptop to notice the light change
I don’t want to be the guy defending cops, but there is usually more than one officer in a squad car. There is no rule against a passenger being distracted.
Has never been the start of a good and relevant point.
I don’t want to be the guy defending Hitler or Jeffery Dahmer, but
You’re thinking of cop shows from the '70s and '80s, not reality.
No, I am thinking of what I have seen in real life. In my area there is almost always 2 cops per vehicle. I was unaware this was not standard.
I have never seen this.
What is your area? I’ve lived in about 20 US states, in cities and rural areas, and it’s always been 1 cop per vehicle.
In my area it’s always one cop, and they are driving and using their laptop that sits on the passenger side
Where I live it’s strictly one cop per car unless they’re training. That’s why they pull people over in packs.
That’s something I never got about cops in the US. Everywhere in Europe, there are always two cops per car, at least in the places I have been.
Fewer witnesses.
It’s to create the illusion that there’s more cops than there really are. Same reason behind take home cars.
My city of about 300k people has about 30 cops patrolling at any given time.
San Jose, California has some wild numbers perhaps like that.
Would you take more if you could? Assuming no reform, just more of the same.
Easier to terrorize minorities if you spread out.
I haven’t seen that before. I guess they really are just using a laptop and driving at the same time.
Or they sit at green lights because they are too into their laptop to notice the light change