mother_russia
Unpopular opinion: women are objectively better cops currently because they excel at the most important thing in police work. Deescalating. The strength difference doesn’t matter anywhere near as much as people assume.Probably true but anecdotally the biggest asshole cops I’ve ever met are women. It’s like they’re trying to prove they can do the job by projecting how they feel male cops act, like an ass, despite the men being super chill. However one of the nicest most supportive officer I’ve interacted with was a woman, but she’s been promoted to a trainer now bc of her amazing ability to serve the community Cool dude cops I’ve interacted with: 19/20 Cool chick cops I’ve interacted with: 1/12
i think police forces should have a dedicated group of people who are knowledgeable in how to speak to people who are clearly mentally unwell. they should also have a LOT of training for those not in that group about mental health and signs of someone who is having a break, so they can call in that dedicated group and do their best to help that person before the group gets there. there are definitely a lot of cases where people get harmed because the cops don’t know how to react to someone who
They do, though typically theyre considered negotiators so they’re called to most high stress situations. But I agree we could also greatly improve general training for all officer to include “mental health first aid” for emergent situations until specialists are made available (esp bc you never know what calls can end up involving mental health. Example you’re called out to a b&e and turns out the person is in the throes of psychosis and genuinely doesn’t know they’re committing a crime)