Politics Defunding the Portland Police Dept.

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Are you more in favor of:

  1. 1. Abolishing the Portland Police entirely.

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  2. 2. Severely restrict the Portland Police and turning some functions over to social services.

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  3. 3. Restrict use of deadly force, retrain, and get rid of bad cops.

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  4. 4. Have different policies for different neighborhoods based on community makeup.

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  5. 5. Leave things pretty much as is.

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  1. Orion Bailey

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    I agree all laws and should be equal. I do think that funding structures should not be universal though.
     
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    Make cops have to take out malpractice/liability insurance.
     
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    That is what I am saying
     
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    That's actually a good idea, because the ones with a shitty track record wouldn't be able to get insurance, and thus couldn't work.

    I also think any lawsuit against the police should come out of their budgets. Might make some departments think twice about keeping on shitty police.
     
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    yeah, I was agreeing with you. :bgrin:
     
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    and how much would this insurance cost? I imagine the premiums woulfd need to be fairly high and thus you would have to raise their salary as well. It works with doctors because they are compensated very well.
     
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    If we do a complete restructuring, good cops should be compensated similarly to doctors, in my opinion.
     
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    Then they better have a hell of a lot more than 6 months of training.
     
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    of course. Training should also be similar to that of a phd.
     
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    Average Portland police salary is $45k-$92k.
     
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    The average Psychologist - Ph. D salary in Oregon is $102,784 as of April 27, 2020, but the range typically falls between $92,481 and $115,431.




    Your high is my low.
     
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    Average salary of 200K for police officers?
     
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    Agreed. If defending a racist and violent cop in court costs a department a second rocket-launcher, they may start weighing how much they want to protect crappy cops.
     
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    Well, that can be read two ways.

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    Lol. fixed
     
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    We should de-fun the police too.
     
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