Chicago Mayor Says Police Union Is 'Extraordinarily Reluctant To Embrace Reform'

1SG (Join to see) I'm not giving the "defund the police" calls too much creedence right now. Having said that, I suspect that the experience with police unions was going on long before any of those calls to defund them (whatever that would look like).

SPC Kevin Ford if "defund" us a bluff, management is dancing on a slippery slope. Law Enforcement Personnel is already undermanned and underpaid.

I really do not understand how people believe for minorities that defunding the police will make their neighborhoods safer. Studies have already shown after events like George Floyd's the police pullback. Defunding the police will see them more in white and affluent neighborhoods and not in neighborhoods where they are unwanted. This leads to higher crime, fewer businesses bring goods and jobs, EMS cannot respond because of scene safety and so on. I grew up in a black neighborhood, enlisted at age 17, and know very well some very good people will feel pain they do not deserve. What they need to do is increase pay, increase training, and increase standards. Some of these police can make the same working for Amazon so you will get two types of people working as cops, the very dedicated and those wanting power. Nursing homes are the same for nurses except of wanting power, you get dedicated and those that cannot get hired elsewhere. You get what you pay for in life and if you pay the police poorly, a poor service is what you will get. Ever wondered why the alphabet agencies (FBI, ATF, DEA, etc) have fewer problems? They have fewer calls, better paid, and more skilled people. I would love to tell you I stayed Army all these years for love of country but that would be a lie. I started that way at 17 but at 45, major's pay as an RN and free healthcare for life is why I say now. Pay the police for what you expect out of them or accept what you get when you do not. You get what you pay for in life.