Like if they see someone actively committing a crime

that just leads to the potential of arresting anyone for any reason

and is hella authoritarian

so

but they don't have any obligation to protect you

if you look it up

they do, though

to some degree

I mean, in practice, they don't always

no

so like if someone is being killed, wait till the assault is over to arrest them?

but apprehending active criminals is a form of protection

They can do that griselda

that's a form of protection

I feel like I don't understand the question then

https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/politics/justices-rule-police-do-not-have-a-constitutional-duty-to-protect.html

you can't really preemptively protect someone

Simply put police have no obligation to protect

wtf do police do then

kill black people

put people in jail afterwards

that's their only job

that's not preventative at it's core

Police should have a duty to protect citizens from criminals

Actively

to what degree

I think the institution should be abolished as a whole and replaced with community watches

Should police be forced to stay by you if you feel you're in danger?

Police should help out the community in general, and build stronger relationships with the people

Investing individuals with the power of the institution of the police leads to abuse of said power

naturally

In my opinion, the perfect government takes some taxes for the purpose of infrastructure, defense, borders, and protection from each other in the form of police.

I mean, the Stanford Prison Experiment reveals that to some degree

but statistics reveal real world applicable examples

@Deleted User No, not forced, but if a criminal is Robbing you, and you call on an officer to help you, they should help because it's a criminal

and that's all they do

Griselda the commie here

thinking that infrastructure spending needs to be a thing

and why should I pay for the police when I can hire mercenaries?

Silly leftists

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