How do we move forward? Americans must reconceptualize the role of policing and invest to make it a success.
have cut local police budgets by upwards of $1.1 billion to invest in jobs, health care, education, public housing and youth programs.
These are complex challenges that will take time to sort out, but the answers will help redefine policing and, if we do things right, restore confidence in its role in society. Years ago, when Thaddeus was an officer in Memphis, he changed a flat tire for an elderly woman on a rainy day while on patrol. Later, a supervisor questioned why the call had taken 45 minutes. After explaining that he believed helping the motorist was part of the police role, he was told he wasn’t being paid to change tires but rather to be proactive and prevent crime.
Finally, procedural justice works both ways. If we are to hold our officers accountable, we must afford them due process. If not, police will push back. And if officers feel like they’re being used as political props, the blue flu could become a blue pandemic.
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