They’ll never agree to waiting on the results of a blood test. Not that i disagree with the premise, but the police will strike if we say they can’t just arrest people willy nilly
The arrest already occurred, they transport from the arrest to the hospital. They are still under arrest during that time. That’s how DUI/DWIs work, they put you in the back and drive you to the station/jail/hospital
Although I did watch someone drive and tbone a car leaving the parking lot (perpindicular strike on a car going 45mph+) after being told she can’t drive. And they let her husband come pick her up from the accident scene. ~45 min drive for the husband to get there. Some people get treated differently.
But the crime rates go up when the cops stop arresting people and stop showing up to court. My city just got done with a silent protest with our police last year because they didn’t like the DA holding them accountable. Their response was to just stop working basically, ridiculous and our city suffered for it
I’ve heard the exact opposite claim concerning a police strike in NYC. Crime went down during that strike, let’s call it a mixed bag overall.
Now, granted, long term the police can’t help but exist. They might be called enforces, thugs, the army, imperial guard, whatever, but there will always be people employed to enforce the will of the dominate power structure. You start to get real philosophical about what crime even is when you try and completely erase the police, but in day-to-day context, they do little to stop crime, their effect is much more institutional.
That’s interesting it went down in NYC, here it was definitely worse for that time they were on strike. Organized theft rings hitting parking lots of every event, shootouts at bars nightly, drag races downtown at night, everything went to shit and the cops just refused to do anything for any crime less than murder
They’ll never agree to waiting on the results of a blood test. Not that i disagree with the premise, but the police will strike if we say they can’t just arrest people willy nilly
The arrest already occurred, they transport from the arrest to the hospital. They are still under arrest during that time. That’s how DUI/DWIs work, they put you in the back and drive you to the station/jail/hospital
Although I did watch someone drive and tbone a car leaving the parking lot (perpindicular strike on a car going 45mph+) after being told she can’t drive. And they let her husband come pick her up from the accident scene. ~45 min drive for the husband to get there. Some people get treated differently.
When cops go on strike, pretty much nothing interesting happens. Cops don’t actually stop crime, they just show up after the fact and make arrests.
But the crime rates go up when the cops stop arresting people and stop showing up to court. My city just got done with a silent protest with our police last year because they didn’t like the DA holding them accountable. Their response was to just stop working basically, ridiculous and our city suffered for it
I’ve heard the exact opposite claim concerning a police strike in NYC. Crime went down during that strike, let’s call it a mixed bag overall.
Now, granted, long term the police can’t help but exist. They might be called enforces, thugs, the army, imperial guard, whatever, but there will always be people employed to enforce the will of the dominate power structure. You start to get real philosophical about what crime even is when you try and completely erase the police, but in day-to-day context, they do little to stop crime, their effect is much more institutional.
That’s interesting it went down in NYC, here it was definitely worse for that time they were on strike. Organized theft rings hitting parking lots of every event, shootouts at bars nightly, drag races downtown at night, everything went to shit and the cops just refused to do anything for any crime less than murder