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https://x.com/Jaybefaunt/status/1878482335236001939

And in case you want to read the article without giving the NY Post any ad money: https://archive.is/h8SHL

Here's some mind-bending stuff from the article:

Luckhurst, 42, now serves as a cop in Benavides, about 150 miles from San Antonio, according to Benavides Police Chief Andre Hines, who said the 2023 hiring “reflects the department’s commitment to honesty and accountability.”

[...]

Bizarrely, that same year, [note: not 2023] Luckhurst was accused of defecating in one of the San Antonio police department’s female restrooms before wiping a brown, feces-like substance on one of the toilet seats, reported the San Antonio Express-News. He reportedly never denied being behind the bathroom incident.

[...]

Hines said Luckhurst’s record in Benavides “has been exemplary, with no complaints or issues reported, and said “a thorough background check” helped ensure “all aspects of his history were carefully considered.”

Apparently "honesty and accountability" is when you harass women and the homeless with your weird poop fetish.

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[–] Walican132@lemmy.today 166 points 3 days ago (8 children)

Why the fuck don’t cops have a license registry similar to RNs. You can’t kill someone in one hospital and get a job easily in the next for example.

[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 49 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Here's the reason, it's actually hard to hire "qualified", decent cops.

My daughter got to be friends with another girl, we ended up getting to know the parents just a bit. Both law enforcement lifers, only got to know the mother. Works at a prison, now.

She described, in our area, a total inability to hire people she'd want to work with. She talked about rejecting several individuals once, and then eventually admitting them when they tried again, because there were no other real candidates, for long periods (year or two+). She talked about how leaving the position unfilled is its own disaster, and she really struggled with filling positions with people she knew were badly suited to it. She's a rare one who gives a shit, really does, but the only people applying are psychos and losers. Bad mix.

Look - ACAB - I won't flinch from saying that until they change their approach and stop protecting the worst among them. No sympathy either, really, ACAB because every department has their monsters, swept under the rug. Fuck em, they've never helped me once.

On the other hand, decent people trying to turn that ship basically can't, and we have no solution for them. I don't know what to do about that.

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Make crime less opportunistic and generally unnecessary by improving everybody's quality of life through provisions like education, healthcare, minimum basic income, a sense of community, etc.

It statistically lowers crime. Which would lower the need for as many law enforcement agents. Which could lead to better hires. Etc. etc. etc.

[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Also massively reform the prison system (ban private prisons and have them focus on rehabilitation over punishment, amend the consitution to remove the clause allowing slavery for prisoners, etc.).

There is a clear financial inventive to label more people as criminals, so "crimes" like selling cannabis to adults in half the country can land you in prison.

Of course, this is all US-centric, but the general idea applies to other countries. Norway is probably doing it the best right now (not perfect, but no system is).

[–] thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They reject hard working and honest people all the time because of their backward policies... And now they've shown with their actions plenty of times that policing is not a place for honest people to thrive so nobody wants to sign up.

[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's definitely true in some areas. I've heard of rejections over too high of an IQ score or similar (I think it even went to the Supreme Court, IIRC). Definitely not what she was describing in our area, but I know it happens elsewhere.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

The problem has morphed into "decent people don't want to join the racist psycho gang for any amount of money" and I don't see that changing without radical reforms.

[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I always have thought if we reduced the amount of cops we have, strip them or the ability to issue tickets and only keep the police who work crime cases. Instead create a new service that strickly relies on traffict infractions and what not.

Dont issue any weapon, and i dont think they should pull warrents either, simple assholes who write you a ticket no matter what. It would attract a different type of person to apply and it would reduce our reliance on having so many cops.

Of course im not saying dont have cops, but they can wait at the office instead of patrolling the streets looking for crime.

[–] Railing5132@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've thought for a while that road patrol was the laziest form of policing. This is compounded with the supreme court codifying that cops don't have to know the laws they are enforcing and thereby allowed to make up probable cause. Combine that with the "us vs. them" mentality that is both heavily promoted in training, and is the character trait drawn to police work, and it's like a perfect storm of shitty outcomes.

I like the idea of getting rid of traffic cops and actually doing real police work. They'd have to hire smart people though.

[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

They have some smart people, i hope, tv shows/movies makes it seem like they do.

[–] Zementid@feddit.nl 8 points 3 days ago (3 children)

If someone served in the military, they already proved some abilities which overlap with police.

A psychological screening and a shortened training could work. I mean most soldiers I talked to seemed way WAY more stable than police.

"Poopy mc poop smear" would probably have a hard time in today's military (they had scandals too but learned from them afaik... or at least try. The police is like the opposite way around)

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The military (Marines specifically) have an insurrectionist problem though, and they’re ignoring it just like the police largely ignore their metaphorical cross burners.

[–] irreticent@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago

Some of those who work forces, are the same who burn crosses.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I mean most soldiers I talked to seemed way WAY more stable than police.

Aren't most (a lot) cops ex military?

[–] Zementid@feddit.nl 4 points 3 days ago

Possibly... but if I compare the reactions of the military towards accusations regarding mistreatment of civilians with the reactions of the police, I see a vast difference between 2010 and today (in almost every western military), while the police(s?) has developed backwards in terms of transparency and consequences for their actions.

But maybe that is massively biased due to the "social media war" vs Russia which paints western/ukrainian military almost "woke" as a harsh counter to the homophobe orcs. Idk man, the world is crazy.... GEN-Z should play fortnite, not fight drone wars.

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago

You really don't want the military and the police to mix. The people end up becoming the enemy that way.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago

End qualified immunity and abolish police unions. They're the bastions of the bad apples that bottleneck better candidates.

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 70 points 3 days ago

I think that's exactly why they don't have it

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Ive said for a long time that a FEDERALLY ISSUED "licence to perform Law Enforcement" would go a long way to improving the situation in the US.

You fuck up bad enough or deliberately abuse your power or take actions in bad faith... you're done.

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

What makes you think that bullies would accept any kind of accountability?

[–] Walican132@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Federally/state mandated, forces which refuse to participate are cut from funding. Idk how this stuff works.

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah but they are going to intimidate and bully politicians that will pass those laws or force them to do that.

Might work in the end. All I know is that two small towns in my province tried to abolish the local police force and the two mayors had to be placed under the protection of the provincial police because their own local police was trying to intimidate and bully the mayors and the call centre workers.

It took a few years but the towns were eventually able to force the local officers into the provincial police except for the chief that was dismissed. He sued them and was able to get back in the force, with all the protests of the town.

The towns had no choice in the end but to have the same bullies as their policemen, even if they are now in a different organization.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/mont-tremblant-police-sq-1.5898213

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/mont-tremblant-ordered-to-reinstate-police-chief-michel-ledoux-1.3181640

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

They wouldn't need to. It would be on the department and employees, and it would apply to the people in that sphere. Nothing to do with their feelings on the matter.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You need to register to be a realtor too.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 days ago

Does a dodgy reputation follow you from say state to state?

[–] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 days ago

You can’t kill someone in one hospital and get a job easily in the next for example.

well that’s not true.
e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Duntsch

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Because you don't need training and education to be a cop. No one really wants to be one anymore because they ruined their reputations so they have to scrape the bottom of the barrel to get anyone.

[–] Walican132@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

I mean we can fix both of those with licensure and accreditation. My idea isn’t that bad.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

"Hi everybody!"

[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What an incredibly punchable face!

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Kinda like Gary Sinise around the time he was in Apollo 13.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 64 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Luckhurst maintained his innocence from the outset, maintaining he gave the hobo the sandwich to discard, not consume.

Ah yes, the room temperature IQ (Celsius) defense.

[–] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 33 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So he shit in some bread, then drove or carried it around to give to a homeless guy to throw away? Dudes mentally unstable

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago

At best. At worst? I'm not qualified to make an assertion.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 36 points 3 days ago (1 children)

🍞💩🍞

That's fucked up yo, dude should be on the sex offender registry, or something like that..

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Biohazard terrorist

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Damn. You're not exactly wrong though..

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Yes he is. I doubt there was any political motivation. He's just an asshole.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago

What a literal piece of shit.

[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Is it illegal to have a shit-filled sandwich delivered to one particular bastard, accidentally of course . . .

[–] wunami@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

You delivered it to him in order for him to dispose of it. Obviously.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Glitter and live bait however

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 days ago

And admissions to this partner and parents that “I am a good Christian woman and I am not a home wrecker. However…”

[–] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 3 days ago

He looks like he's making the next one in the pic there.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Stay classy, Texas.

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 6 points 3 days ago

And I thought "bajsmacka" was just a saying. Ugh.

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 3 points 3 days ago

You ever seen the opening scenes with the kid of the 2000s video clip for the band The Offsprings song Original Prankster? That.