you're a diamond. I hope your influence is still being felt through the ranks. also I know words matter and I have often wanted to ask you if you have any particular thoughts on the words we choose to identify "peace" officers. who decides that they are called law enforcement officers?
you're a diamond. I hope your influence is still being felt through the ranks. also I know words matter and I have often wanted to ask you if you have any particular thoughts on the words we choose to identify "peace" officers. who decides that they are called law enforcement officers?
Thank you. I like to think I have had positive influence in my agency. Our Sheriff and Chief Deputy (Undersheriff) both rode with me when they were explorer scouts, as did our future Patrol Captain. Over half of our current sergeants are former recruits of mine, and I spent 15 years teaching use of force department wide, so I like to think my influence extends still.
Regarding the naming of names... Peace Officer vs. Law Enforcement Officer is an interesting one, and I think that the opinions we have of ourselves is that we protect people, and keep the peace by enforcing laws. Just who is protected and what laws are enforced upon whom is not an area of common thought. (One of my favorite HCR Tuesday talks was on the history of the founding of law enforcement. It certainly made me ask myself some hard questions about my profession and my belief structure around that.
I wish I had listened to that one! I have learned about the power of words over my lifetime and just the frame of "peace keeping" over law enforcement leaves more room for the use of words to disarm? and truly keep the peace? I wonder if there is a way to know what day that talk was on.
I believe that there is (maybe in process) a catalouging of those talks by topics discussed. I can tell you it was during the summer, but not much beyond that.
HCR's talks are on her FaceBook and YouTube. And a moderator from the Unofficial Heather Cox Richardson Discussion group on Facebook has been transcribing HCR's talks. Within the past week, she posted a link to all of HCR's talks in 2020.
I ditto your kudos to Ally. Also, just this week I said the same thing to a friend, about the language we use to describe police and policing. I had sent her an article about the 'defund the police' issue, and said police shouldn't be called out for mental illness issues, rather we should have dedicated, trained mental health professionals at the ready, just as we have police for actual CRIMES. I said the choice of 'peace officer' and 'law enforcement' should mean just that, and we shouldn't task them with everything from serious crime to mental health crises.
you're a diamond. I hope your influence is still being felt through the ranks. also I know words matter and I have often wanted to ask you if you have any particular thoughts on the words we choose to identify "peace" officers. who decides that they are called law enforcement officers?
Thank you. I like to think I have had positive influence in my agency. Our Sheriff and Chief Deputy (Undersheriff) both rode with me when they were explorer scouts, as did our future Patrol Captain. Over half of our current sergeants are former recruits of mine, and I spent 15 years teaching use of force department wide, so I like to think my influence extends still.
Regarding the naming of names... Peace Officer vs. Law Enforcement Officer is an interesting one, and I think that the opinions we have of ourselves is that we protect people, and keep the peace by enforcing laws. Just who is protected and what laws are enforced upon whom is not an area of common thought. (One of my favorite HCR Tuesday talks was on the history of the founding of law enforcement. It certainly made me ask myself some hard questions about my profession and my belief structure around that.
I wish I had listened to that one! I have learned about the power of words over my lifetime and just the frame of "peace keeping" over law enforcement leaves more room for the use of words to disarm? and truly keep the peace? I wonder if there is a way to know what day that talk was on.
I believe that there is (maybe in process) a catalouging of those talks by topics discussed. I can tell you it was during the summer, but not much beyond that.
HCR's talks are on her FaceBook and YouTube. And a moderator from the Unofficial Heather Cox Richardson Discussion group on Facebook has been transcribing HCR's talks. Within the past week, she posted a link to all of HCR's talks in 2020.
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I ditto your kudos to Ally. Also, just this week I said the same thing to a friend, about the language we use to describe police and policing. I had sent her an article about the 'defund the police' issue, and said police shouldn't be called out for mental illness issues, rather we should have dedicated, trained mental health professionals at the ready, just as we have police for actual CRIMES. I said the choice of 'peace officer' and 'law enforcement' should mean just that, and we shouldn't task them with everything from serious crime to mental health crises.
Modern slave patrols? Just a thought.
as you say, 100%, TPJ!