{"id":129622,"date":"2016-02-01T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/01\/some-good-news-on-police-violence.html"},"modified":"2016-02-08T17:15:20","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T00:15:20","slug":"some-good-news-on-police-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/01\/some-good-news-on-police-violence.html","title":{"rendered":"Some good news on police violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like police chiefs, at least, are beginning to get the message that a &quot;shoot first, pay settlements later&quot; standard for police conduct is not what their citizenry really want.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody wants police officers hurt or killed. By the same token, it really does seem that cops have been trained to protect themselves above all other considerations, and the legal system has supported that training by rarely prosecuting such use of force. That&#39;s simply not right, and it&#39;s going to take a lot to change that mindset. This conference seems to have been a first, small step.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-nation\/wp\/2016\/01\/29\/police-chiefs-consider-dramatic-reforms-to-officer-tactics-training-to-prevent-so-many-shootings\/?tid=a_inl'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/pL3wND1ypBHAl8T2Bg8Z3ZNpp1eA3oR6YQvVsYSuUvsSP-9AHBJjSYKPRaMGj2mFj2CqSf8lEMbric7uZjLJhX_AUY7hDBCCeLAG_DWOPd3gdOfZ7cpSiqpya85yAaXEErk-jFL2fV7vk-jbsxucWypYromSxbsgYp0GsQ=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-nation\/wp\/2016\/01\/29\/police-chiefs-consider-dramatic-reforms-to-officer-tactics-training-to-prevent-so-many-shootings\/?tid=a_inl'>Police chiefs consider dramatic reforms to officer tactics, training to prevent so many shootings<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nTop police officials gather in D.C. to discuss how to prevent so many police-involved shootings.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/awfgu2PZYtJ'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like police chiefs, at least, are beginning to get the message that a &quot;shoot first, pay settlements later&quot; standard for police conduct is not what their citizenry really want. Nobody wants police officers hurt or killed. By the same token, it really does seem that cops have been trained to protect themselves above &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/01\/some-good-news-on-police-violence.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Some good news on police violence&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-homeland-security"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":131498,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/11\/body-cam-storage-costs-are-high-so-some-police-departments-opt-out.html","url_meta":{"origin":129622,"position":0},"title":"Body cam storage costs are high &#8212; so some police departments opt out","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 11-Sep-16 12:28am","format":false,"excerpt":"The problem, of course, is that \"good\" police departments are facing significant costs in implementing body cams, especially as states pass laws increasing retention time for the footage -- and that \"bad\" police departments can then use that as an excuse to not use them, leaving critical encounters between police\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":131282,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/16\/when-the-police-are-the-enemy.html","url_meta":{"origin":129622,"position":1},"title":"When the police are the enemy","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 16-Aug-16 5:27am","format":false,"excerpt":"Reading this list of a few \"highlights\" from the Justice Department review of the Baltimore PD, one suddenly has answers to some of those questions asked by skeptical folk who aren't poor and in neighborhoods being targeted by police efforts:1. \"Well, if the local people would just cooperate with the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":132618,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/01\/23\/resistance-is-futile-and-now-punishable-as-a-hate-crime.html","url_meta":{"origin":129622,"position":2},"title":"Resistance is Futile (and Now Punishable as a Hate Crime)","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 23-Jan-17 12:05pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The charge of \"Resisting Arrest\" is logical: if someone resists arrest by a law enforcement officer, there should be consequences, as the alternative is a clear moral hazard (\"Hey, I'm going to get arrested, so I might as well get my licks in\"). 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