#crash response is the core of why they are hired onto our worksites by our contractors.

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So, I don't work directly with police in my job, and in fact I frequently am in positions to argue against using police in our operations (and I do argue this whenever the opportunity arises). But one of my coworkers is an emergency responder liaison, which means she does a lot of budgeting and scheduling and managing of cops.

That all to say, in the course of a workday, I randomly get hit with a fun new "oh you're just gonna say the quiet part out loud" dystopia fact about how cops work.

Today's tip: Don't make public health and safety arguments to cops about why they should do the things they are employed to do, like directing traffic around a crash, or administering CPR before paramedics can arrive. No, here's the script: "It's not just about life and death, it's also about liability."

They're not afraid of their negligence killing people. They're afraid of the hassle of being taken to court to explain why they let their negligence kill someone.

#acab #my own post wow #to be very clear. i do not think these are legitimate reasons to employ cops. #crash response is the core of why they are hired onto our worksites by our contractors. #and IF anyone is going to sign up to do crash response. they HAVE to be able to help move cars direct traffic and administer first aid #and fill out a report afterwards #we do not need armed pigs to do emergency response and they Frequently make situations So Much Worse #im just saying that like. even the cop mom who does our cop-wrangling is saying outright upfront #in meetings with external agencies #'cops dont respond well to being told to keep people alive. instead remind them that its tedious and expensive and embarrassing #to have people start asking why you let someone die.' #and thats when they dont just fucking murder someone directly.