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Interesting article about Police Militarization

Posted on: August 21, 2018 at 09:15:31 CT
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https://psmag.com/social-justice/militarization-of-police-does-not-reduce-crime

Because I don't know anything about the Pacific Standard as a source, here is a link to the study

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/08/14/1805161115


One of the conclusions of the study:

Perhaps most importantly, he reports "there is no evidence that acquiring a SWAT team lowers crime, or promotes officer safety." All in all, he adds, "the benefits of increased deployments appear to be either small or nonexistent."
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Interesting article about Police Militarization - cnk ATL - 8/21 09:15:31
     Police should go back to carrying 6-shot revolvers - Tigrrrr! MU - 8/21 09:41:35
          why?(nm) - cnk ATL - 8/21 09:43:41
               Semi-automatic pistols with several spare magazines are too - Tigrrrr! MU - 8/21 09:51:42
                    ok, what does that have to do with the article?(nm) - cnk ATL - 8/21 09:52:18
                         You were talking about police militarization. - Tigrrrr! MU - 8/21 09:57:42
                              Maybe try reading the article and the study(nm) - cnk ATL - 8/21 09:59:28
                                   So it's OK to increase firepower to match what the - Tigrrrr! MU - 8/21 11:14:01
                                        RE: So it's OK to increase firepower to match what the - cnk ATL - 8/21 11:55:20
     SWAT teams aren't formed to reduce crime or - Sal KC - 8/21 09:35:26
          SWAT teams aren't formed to reduce crime - TGR84 MU - 8/21 09:55:59
               Not all warrants are served by SWAT teams - Sal KC - 8/21 10:01:15
                    I said like warrants, not all warrants. - TGR84 MU - 8/21 10:22:42
                         Where do you get 95% from? (nm) - Sal KC - 8/21 10:25:17
                              just how many times is a swat team deployed - TGR84 MU - 8/21 10:49:21
                                   Again, where are you pulling this information from? (nm) - Sal KC - 8/21 11:01:35
                                        His ass. - Tigrrrr! MU - 8/21 11:17:45
                                        So the question is - TGR84 MU - 8/21 11:10:18
                                             What? (nm) - Sal KC - 8/21 11:41:48
          I think part of the weakness of the study is related to that - cnk ATL - 8/21 09:43:22
               The dumbest thing STL County PD did was have a guy - Tigrrrr! MU - 8/21 09:56:36
     Die Hard proves police militarization is ineffective - SwampTiger MU - 8/21 09:29:37




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