>>>>I thought some might find the interview I did yesterday mildly entertaining. This guy is based in Los Angeles and apparently read the article in Scientific American. http://www.americanowradio.com/pages/media/listenlive.html?uri=channels%2F465104%2F1585337
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>>>Well the title to the thread caught my eye. You DO realize that TN has one of the highest rates of police misconduct right? ..think we went over that before. Don't have time to listen to the interview yet - can you give me a recap of it?
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>>The interview was about some of the technology we have. I wasn't aware TN was high in the misconduct arena. We have had our share, but I don't think any more than most other departments.
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>It's funny that you say that. I got back not long ago from driving my younger daughter up to her mom's house for a last one day visit before returning to college. We had a wide ranging conversation (the car is always the best place to talk with both her and her sister) and somehow the police came up. I don't remember how it did. She expressed what I thought was a cynical attitude towards police. She got kind of a raw deal from on overzealous traffic patrol officer last year but that doesn't seem like enough to explain it. I said I respect police officers unless they give me reason not to.

1 in 3 Americans under the age of 23 have been arrested...if you're that age and a black male the number is MUCH MUCH higher.
I consider that a huge problem. Now days that's how the cops want to handle pretty much any little problem - and could care less of the social implications. I think your daughters cynical attitude might be well justified as close to 1/3 or her friends have probably been arrested for something stupid. I suppose if you start locking up people when they're young it will help job security if your are a cop or work in a jail or prison (some of which are for-profit privately owned!) or one of the zillion industries that depend on a steady stream of inmates...oh gee did I sound cynical?

http://news.yahoo.com/one-third-young-u-adults-arrested-study-164839070.html