Cops on the beat can stop problems before the damage spreads.
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It is time to put more cops on the beat and remove our most violent repeat offenders from our neighborhood streets.
On 'Southland,' when a helicopter joins our scene, we don't skip a beat. The actors talk louder because that's what cops do in real life.
I realize I will always be the poster child for police brutality, but I can try to use that as a positive force for healing and restraint.
When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe.
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
We are mandating forces to hold regular neighbourhood beat meetings. These meetings will give local people the chance to scrutinise the work of their local police.
The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.
Fighting crime requires a partnership between the police and the community. And we all know that this partnership has been tested in Chicago. It is a problem that has festered in this city for decades.
You can't go over every beat, every second, and worry about how you can do it better - it'll eat you alive.
No problems are ever resolved by violence. It only aggravates the pain and the hurt on every side.