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woody510 wrote:
A little off the subject but i took a P.O.S.T PC.832 its a crash course for reserve police officers who are looking to go strait to the field it was through the sheriffs department they qualified us and everything but i remember one of the statistics that will always stand out in my mind and i will never forget. An instructor told me that something like 70% of crime goes unreported or unsolved i couldn't believe this but the instructor verified it and told us that the police wont disclose info like this to the general public there was other stuff to but that was one thing that stuck out the most
Most crime goes unsolved or unreported for various reasons. I have been the victim of crimes and attempted crimes and in all cases the police do little but take a report.
Even in the case of me being stabbed the police still said there wasn't much they could or would do.
Instead they prefer to knock on my door and tell me I am playing COD4 too loud and hassle me when I am washing my clothes OC.
But I think the public in truth knows that the politics of crime solving and policing are not doing the job, and that in the long run is why we are getting the pendulum swinging back in our direction. We trusted the government to reduce crime and keep us safe, they failed. . . now we want the power back.
As for the shooting, I would give just about anything to say that these officers were targeted because they were officers. It is probably personal or gang-related. In this circumstance there would have been little that anyone could have done to prevent this tragedy, but they may have been able to prevent the escape of the perpetrators.