San Francisco’s police union says a city bakery chain has a “bigoted” policy of not serving uniformed cops.
The San Francisco Police Officers Assn. wrote in a social media post last week that Reem’s California “will not serve anyone armed and in uniform” and that includes “members of the U.S. Military.” The union is demanding that the chain “own” its policy.
Reem’s says, however, its policy isn’t against serving armed police officers. It’s against allowing guns inside its businesses.
You are not wrong entirely. if it weren’t such a systemic issue, sure. more and proper training will always yield higher caliber candidates. but instead of that we could deploy as a society another tier before people slam 911 and get a nuclear response from armed angry jacked up 20 year olds with a slight god complex…a Mental response team for dementia or distressed people that are not geared up to fight in a foreign war and maybe come with a response kit for people breaking down or confused or just angry and need to scream before cooling down… Cops solve everything with comply or die, guns are their spoon fork and knife.
I agree with you there too the cops need another layer especially for behavioral or psychological calls. But that’s a training and budget issue. Also I have been to so many crisis intervention calls as a paramedic and was thankful the cops were there because they patted down the pt and they had either a gun or a knife on them. Every municipality is complaining about their budget so I wouldn’t hold your breath waiting for trained social workers thst want to respond to the shelter or nursing home at 4 am for the psych.
the budget issue is intentional id hazard a good guess. but yes, another sad truth is that stuff costs money and wandering through political red tape to get funding for an entirly new division? im def not holding my breath, and i dont like it. :(