NAVYBLUE
Regular Member
To All,
Thanks for your inputs on my statement, but let me put "protect and serve" in perspective as a 66 year old who grew up in a coal mining town and surrounding suburbia.
There is a theory called "The Broken Window theory". The link is below and worth reading for those who want to maybe stop a juvenile from turning into the next criminal. Mayor Giuliani, former mayor of New City from 1994-2001 is a student of this theory.
In this theory the precept is if you stop a youngster at the breaking windows for fun stage in their life, there is a good chance you could possibly stop a future criminal. As head NAVY recruiter for NYC, Long Island and New jersey from 1990-1993 and a tour in Earle, New Jersey 1993-1995, I saw first hand what happens when you tell kids your not going to go around busting windows, panhandlers aren't going to go around harassing commuters for money, window cleaners aren't going to harass commuters for money after cleaning their windows without permission. It when on and on and on with the cops stopping law abiding citizens from being harassed and intimidated by street thugs and he took a lot of cops from cars and put them om beats. It greatly improved the quality of life in the area and cops spent more time stopping crime than writing after action reports. Of course, Mayor Dinkens (liberal) stopped it and NYC is now it is a scumbags heaven.
That being said, that is the "protect and serve" I grew up with. The local cop stopped me and my friends from escalating our mischief to the point of embarrassing our families and ending up in county jail. Nowadays the ACLU would sue the P.D.
Here is the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory
And again to the police. If you want to play soldier, put on your jockstrap and big boy pants, join the Army or Marines and get back to me about how tough you are.
NAVYBLUE
Thanks for your inputs on my statement, but let me put "protect and serve" in perspective as a 66 year old who grew up in a coal mining town and surrounding suburbia.
There is a theory called "The Broken Window theory". The link is below and worth reading for those who want to maybe stop a juvenile from turning into the next criminal. Mayor Giuliani, former mayor of New City from 1994-2001 is a student of this theory.
In this theory the precept is if you stop a youngster at the breaking windows for fun stage in their life, there is a good chance you could possibly stop a future criminal. As head NAVY recruiter for NYC, Long Island and New jersey from 1990-1993 and a tour in Earle, New Jersey 1993-1995, I saw first hand what happens when you tell kids your not going to go around busting windows, panhandlers aren't going to go around harassing commuters for money, window cleaners aren't going to harass commuters for money after cleaning their windows without permission. It when on and on and on with the cops stopping law abiding citizens from being harassed and intimidated by street thugs and he took a lot of cops from cars and put them om beats. It greatly improved the quality of life in the area and cops spent more time stopping crime than writing after action reports. Of course, Mayor Dinkens (liberal) stopped it and NYC is now it is a scumbags heaven.
That being said, that is the "protect and serve" I grew up with. The local cop stopped me and my friends from escalating our mischief to the point of embarrassing our families and ending up in county jail. Nowadays the ACLU would sue the P.D.
Here is the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory
And again to the police. If you want to play soldier, put on your jockstrap and big boy pants, join the Army or Marines and get back to me about how tough you are.
NAVYBLUE