How the war in Ukraine is meant to help improve policing
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How the war in Ukraine is meant to help improve policing
Ukrainian had the same kind of cops as they have in Russia but in the last decade, they made police reforms and things have changed there last decade.
Now they, the Ukrainians don't want to go back to how things were.
Isn't it interesting how having bad cops, cops that want you afraid of them, actually can jeopardize your country and turn nearly every other country against you.
Now what is there in this for cops in other countries to take home? Like, "Am "I patriotic if I follow orders that makes the police force I work in appear scary?" Some people suggest that it's good if the police dominates by making the average person afraid of them. It facilitates maintaining order.
But if their country attacks another one that knows better then that other country will want to fight to the last citizen with extra unbelievable hate and dedication. Now how convincing is that of an argument for police reforms that make their use of brute force less of a prominent thing in their dealing with the public? How can strong policing be viewed with high regard if it may put your country at risk?
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Re: How the war in Ukraine is meant to help improve policing
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Re: How the war in Ukraine is meant to help improve policing
Please define armed forces. Are armed forces police?
Lucky R, my use of the word police refers to those who are apparently commonly known to interact with the public for the apparent purpose of maintaining social order.
I am making this post because someone on Twitter related his own experience with Russian police when he was stopped and the police demanded a bribe which he refused to give. He then spent a couple of nights in jail before being released with no charges.
He claimed (and this is consistent with my experience with armed forces but to a lesser level) that the cops didn't need or want the bribe they were asking for. The objective is simply to instill fear in the public so that they feel in better control when they interact with the public.
I think there is still much of that going on even in countries that appear to follow better the rule of law, but these frightening experiences become much less evident to the general population.
So when you are in a recently improved country, do you accept to be forced back to where you were? When you know what this is about, where that comes from, it's not that hard to want to self transform into some sort of Rambo who will have none of that and who knows the only way to prevent this from happening.
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