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Police officers are civilians. I know it's a pedantic point but I think it's important to reiterate this whenever I see non-police officers described as civili
by wavefunction 5y ago
Police officers are civilians. I know it's a pedantic point but I think it's important to reiterate this whenever I see non-police officers described as civilians. American society at least has started to elevate them to a special super-citizenship, it seems.
- rtkwe 5y agoThey certainly don't get treated like civilians. Just recently a court decided it would believe a cop over video of an event which I'd be shocked to see applied to anyone but cops.
- wavefunction 5y agoI agree, they should be treated like the rest of us.
- drewcoo 5y agoNot according to the LAPD, whom the story covers. Police, firefighters, and paramedics are not considered "civilians" in their lingo. See how the LAPD has "civilian employees" like clerks and scientists to fill out their non-officer roles: https://www.lapdonline.org/join_the_team/content_basic_view/827 https://www.lapdonline.org/join_the_team/content_basic_view/...
- wavefunction 5y agoYes that's exactly the point I am making.