Originally posted by Grailkeeper
I am one of the ones that thinks it was good for several reasons:
a. Training for the police, they can never have too much training. I think lack of training is what leads to most of the 'bad incidents'.
Training for the police?!?!? Have you EVER had training for an emergency incident? You want the F.D. to come and torch a school building so we can do
search and reascue training?
The police do NOT need ot involve citizens, especially that are not old enough to give consent when they are training. Why do some people not think
these things through. The training they did does NOT sharpen their skills, it does nothing but create a rift between thme and the public. The police
are creating their own bad image, and they want to drag US the F.D. with them. (that is another story and when that happens my badge goes to the
smelter) There are grumblings about getting the FD more involved in correction type actions.
You train with role players. Either you hire them or you work with other departments. This is the ONLY way to train. You want to me to train carrying
a patient down a fire ladder with YOUR children. Vehicle extrication, that would be safe. but tramatic. We trin with fellow firefighters, when I can
carry large man down a ladder I know I can carry your child down a ladder. Training should never invovle the public, police training is violent
actions that is very tramamic for people. No matter if they are warned in advance or not. You tell me what from the police training perspective is the
difference if they use other cops or paid adults to roleplay lining children up against the wall? Unless you have had emergency training I suggest you
keep your mouth shut, because the mind is fooled whether it is the real deal or mock training with fellow profesionals.
on one hand, everyone complains about the rising number of violent incidents in the school systems and that nothing is being done to stop it. on the
other, they complain when action is taken to curb that violence. make a decision folks. either you dont care about the drugs, guns and violence in
schools or you do.
Sorry but this is a social issue not a police offencive tactical issue. This violence will only get worst if we do not go to the root of the problem.
It will become just another "War on" issue. War on drugs, War on poverty, War on terror. What do you want to call this one? Oh I know! It will be so
cute! "War on children"
This issue has to be delt with at the root, not at the fruit. That was a pretty decent line!
No more of this crap of going after the cat after its
out of the bag, lets figure out why the cat was in the bag in the firt place, and fix that. We didnt have these issues before we had been
indoctrinated to violence through cable television, violent video games and adults forgetting that they are dealing with people in the business world
and not just money.
"There are thousands hacking at the branches of evil to one striking at the root"
~Henry David Thoreau
To the person that misquoted me and sai I though I was too old to do something about it, I was talking about 20-30 years from now. I am still in my
prime right now and ready, so plaese dont be so unable to read between the lines, I know television does all the thinking for a lot of you, but please
that was pretty straight forward and didnt take much of a leap to understand what I was saying.
Edit: I am a very bad typist, especially when angry, lot of typos in this one.
[edit on 30-10-2006 by LoneGunMan]
