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minus-square@Postmortal_Poplink43•6 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink19•5 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink17•5 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•6 hours agoI haven’t seen that before. I guess they really are just using a laptop and driving at the same time.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•4 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.
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.
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