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Sorting Out the Chaos
One of the proposals coming from the future Biden/Harris administration is a national oversight committee on policing. Needless to say, street cops who answer calls, or do proactive police work on a daily basis will have no place on this committee. Empty suits and pre-selected admin cops will be seated to pass judgment on real cops that have to make a decision in a matter of seconds.
I’m not filled with confidence with those who have been selected to fill positions in a Biden administration. They couldn’t fight their way out of a wet paper bag, nor are they experts on police work. Sorting out the chaos when a social worker won’t do, or reimagining policing in a home invasion robbery is difficult at best.
In the early morning hours of a patrol shift, I became interested in one particular vehicle. A pickup truck that was driving with lights on while driving on the main street, and then the driver would turn onto a residential street and turn off the lights and slowly cruise through the neighborhood. I turned off my headlights and hit the brake light-kill switch and followed him on the residential streets. When he came back to the main street he would turn his lights on. This process was repeated about four to five times.
