Police Militarization - The Quandary.

This is a not a pro police thread by any sense. So dont jump my shit.

But rather a what the fuck are we going to do? thread.

To me its a problem that can't readily be solved. Because in certain ways the police have rose to the threat level of society.

If we go back to Andy Griffith days thugs and drug lords would have this place looking like Mexico looks now. Do people honestly think that if we softened police techniques there isn't enough loss of moral fiber in the world today that people wouldn't exploit it to the extreme?

The problem comes from the fact that we need extreme force for some things. And not for others. Things that need extreme force happen so rarely though, that its not worth having a specific force designated to that. So you get mixbreeding. SWAT is exactly what I'm talking about regarding specific forces yet even then only major cities can afford them readily on hand. But they usually dont have enough to do so they get called in on minor pot raids etc... But not all areas have SWAT funding etc so they have to upgrade their civilian peace force to match, and usually do this on an even level across the nation even if the force has SWAT backing. Its like looking through a catalog and thinking your force needs to keep up with the joneses.

This isn't a thread about the many specific atrocities the police commit daily. This is about ideas that could fix this. Because I dont see any. Its not as simple as just killing them all. Because the irony would be that would be the worst mistake we could make. lawlessness wouldn't be pretty either.

How do we convince them to chill when their buddy just got shot by a little old lady that ran a stop light?