10-26-2007, 03:44 PM
this actually brings up a good point. Where does the cops accountability lie?
I think its a fair conclusion that it should lie with teh people that pay their salaries (and pay for the service)
yet those people have no real direct course of action if unhappy with the service.
Ultimately its a political issue, so the cops directly answer to the politicians and only indirectly answer to those paying their salaries.
So the cops are only motivated by politics and enforcing laws only politically advantageous, not servicing their customers. And since politics involves money, they dont provide a service at all, in fact their salaries paid by their customers are utilized to get more money out of their customers. (kind of liek government agencies using government money to lobby/petition the goverment for more money....that happens all the time example PBS)
SInce this is clearly a failed system....is there a better one?
Maybe the counties with elected sherrifs have the right idea? At least you are 1 step closer to direct accountability.
I think its a fair conclusion that it should lie with teh people that pay their salaries (and pay for the service)
yet those people have no real direct course of action if unhappy with the service.
Ultimately its a political issue, so the cops directly answer to the politicians and only indirectly answer to those paying their salaries.
So the cops are only motivated by politics and enforcing laws only politically advantageous, not servicing their customers. And since politics involves money, they dont provide a service at all, in fact their salaries paid by their customers are utilized to get more money out of their customers. (kind of liek government agencies using government money to lobby/petition the goverment for more money....that happens all the time example PBS)
SInce this is clearly a failed system....is there a better one?
Maybe the counties with elected sherrifs have the right idea? At least you are 1 step closer to direct accountability.