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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-up1·21 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
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