• @BonesOfTheMoon
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    3928 days ago

    I have a patient who had a seizure and 911 was called. He tends to get agitated, so his wife warned the cops that came to leave him alone to come out of it as sometimes he starts flailing his arms. Well he flailed his arms and the cops decided to handle that by punching him in the head a few times. Cops need seizure training very very badly.

    • @wildcardology
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      1928 days ago

      Cops need de escalation training badly. They treat every call as a crime.

    • @[email protected]
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      1928 days ago

      US Police officers need training very badly, period.

      Also, don’t call them cops anymore. They don’t need a “cool” designation, they’re people with a job, ans that job is to protect and serve us, not being some cool dude that we need to fear

      • @thalience
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        928 days ago

        They don’t need more training. They need consequences

      • @PugJesus
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        928 days ago

        US Police officers need training very badly, period.

        God, isn’t that the truth. Standardized training, and training that doesn’t invite quacks to give lectures on how you need a WARRIOR MENTALITY and killing people will give you the best sex of your life.

      • @AngryCommieKender
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        28 days ago

        Cop = Citizen On Patrol. It’s derogatory, as it correctly implies they aren’t officers, and they absolutely hated being called cops as recently as the early '90s.

        • Liz
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          1328 days ago

          Cop is short for copper, which was a reference to the big brass buttons they used to have on their uniforms.

          Could be both. Could be neither. I’m just a random person on the internet.

      • @JokklMaster
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        628 days ago

        Police officer sounds authoritative. Cop is usually used in a derogatory manner. Gonna stick with cop.

        • @[email protected]
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          024 days ago

          Police officer is what they should be.

          Cop, whatever it was before, is -to them- this cool ahrrif guy who will show the town who is boss.

          You’re not that, you are. Apomoce officer who should be trained and sworn to uphold the law firstly to yourself, to serve and protect.