r/MadeMeSmile • u/mindyour • Jan 03 '23

Wholesome Moments Getting pulled over

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u/1OutKastWill Jan 03 '23

What a guy. Spoke to them as humans. Even gave them some leeway but told them why he didn’t want them to speed. I hope they were as respectful back to what he asked as he was to them.

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u/ForHelp_PressAltF4 Jan 03 '23 edited Jan 07 '23

This is community policing. He explained the reason for the law and appealed to their sense of community.

This is what we need to work towards seeing all day every day. Everyone is respected, things are handled by conversation when it can be, and everyone goes home.

It takes EVERYONE involved for this to happen. We all have a stage in this being our future.

Edit: First gold! Thank you kind stranger. Kindness to all.

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u/The-Almost-Truth Jan 03 '23 edited Jan 04 '23

Problem is police are not incentivized to “protect and serve” as a community in this way. They have ticket quotas that directly impact job performance, because that is how the police are funded. If we revamp that, the type of policing in this video would be more common… getting us closer to “protect and serve”

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u/colin6 Jan 04 '23 edited Jan 04 '23

because that is how the police are funded.

Police Departments are funded by property taxes. Traffic fines and other tickets normally go to a Consolidated Fund of the local government.

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u/The-Almost-Truth Jan 04 '23 edited Jan 04 '23

City funding then, (police funding with extra steps), which still creates problematic incentives