[AA702]

Originally Posted by ScoopLV

Let's be fair -- Singapore is nowhere near as bad as N. Korea. They might get the [excrement] whipped out of them if they chew a stick of gum. But they're not all starving.

But let's face it, anyone holding Singapore up as an example is certainly voting for Trump.

I have family that lives in Singapore. They are there for work and if your a law abiding citizen you don't have to worry about anything. I grew up with another view of the world and came to the US for a better life and future. When people complain about how crime is so bad then sometimes I think justice is leaning the wrong way and the culture accepts it as the norm. I live here in America and I am have no intentions of leaving anytime soon. I applied for legal citizenship and have adopted american values. I am a law abiding and just trying to make an honest living.

[AA702]

Originally Posted by ScoopLV

I've lived in a dozen police states. The worst part of living in a police state is not knowing if you're breaking the law or not. Singapore, for instance, used to beat the [excrement] out of people who chewed gum.

Thanks but no thanks. Police states suck. I don't want to see the US become one.

The US will never be a police state, the culture will never accept it. I don't think anyone has to worry about that.

[SoCalCpl2]

Smh

[tijlover]

Originally Posted by Irish4evr

Throwing a seasoned detective back on patrol is a waste of time, money and experience. Increasing police presence, decreasing response times etc looks great on the surface, however what you find is that those other cases, like major crime investigations, tend to get left. LVMPD has or had a fairly decent arrest and conviction rate, which now will be compromised. Bottom line resolution will be, more uniformed personnel to accommodate the population increase. Translated means higher taxes...watch the 3 percent tax freeze go away....

Throwing those guys in uniform is like putting a bandaid on a sucking chest wound ...!

This is one city that can't continue to increase it's police force based on population increases, given so many of our communities in Las Vegas are in gated or guard-gated communities. For every guard-gated community, lay off X number of police officers!

But Metro doesn't want to hear that, they're headstuck on population ratio's! And, suckers that we are, we fall for it every time!

[Irish4evr]

Originally Posted by tijlover

This is one city that can't continue to increase it's police force based on population increases, given so many of our communities in Las Vegas are in gated or guard-gated communities. For every guard-gated community, lay off X number of police officers!

But Metro doesn't want to hear that, they're headstuck on population ratio's! And, suckers that we are, we fall for it every time!

Tj...I'm not sure I follow your thought process, and what gates have to do with it...could you explain ?

[BBMW]

Really? Have you seen what's been happening to the criminal justice / state security apparatus in this country since 9/11? And I think a lot of the country is demanding it.

Originally Posted by AA702

The US will never be a police state, the culture will never accept it. I don't think anyone has to worry about that.

[ScoopLV]

“When and if fascism comes to America it will not be labeled ‘made in Germany’; it will not be marked with a swastika; it will not even be called fascism; it will be called, of course, ‘Americanism'” -- The New York Times, 9-12-1938

[EA]

When police departments have tanks.....

[AA702]

Originally Posted by BBMW

Really? Have you seen what's been happening to the criminal justice / state security apparatus in this country since 9/11? And I think a lot of the country is demanding it.

When this happens, then It may start a second civil war. There are a lot of citizens who are also well armed.

[ScoopLV]