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The US and EU both spend about 1.2% of GDP on police and prisons, but while the EU spends about 5 to 1 in favor of police, the US spends just 1.5 to 1.
As a share of GDP, the EU spends 33% more than the US on police and 60% less on prisons.
In the US, the ratio has shifted significantly over time to favor more prison. Prior to the late 1970s, when incarceration rates started to take off around the country, the US consistently spent about 3 to 1 on police.
Comparing individual US states and EU members shows that the averages aren’t being skewed by outliers. Only one US state had a higher police-to-prison ratio than any European country.

Griff

01-12-2019 08:49 AM

We'd have to convince our police to be more like public servants and less paramilitary. Is that even possible?

sexobon

01-12-2019 11:14 AM

You'd think it would be just the opposite. Convince the police to be less paramilitary and more military. Kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out. That way you need fewer prisons.

Gravdigr

01-12-2019 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff (Post 1022978)

We'd have to convince our police to be more like public servants and less paramilitary. Is that even possible?

Not with all them military surplus toys they got. It'll never happen.

Griff

01-13-2019 03:44 PM

I assume they feel outnumbered and out gunned, if we fixed the out numbered we'd still be left with the outgunned problem...

sexobon

01-13-2019 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff (Post 1023076)

I assume they feel outnumbered and out gunned, if we fixed the out numbered we'd still be left with the outgunned problem...

:eyebrow:

sexobon

01-13-2019 06:35 PM

In places like Columbus, Ohio, police have to be ready to neutralize the threat posed by kindergarteners.

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A kindergartner brought a handgun and ammunition to school

… “School staff was advised by a caller that a student was walking in with what appeared to be a heavy object in their pants,” police officials wrote on the department’s Facebook page. ...

You never know who's packin' heat; or, what it'll take to put 'em on ice. Best to be prepared.

Gravdigr

01-13-2019 07:11 PM

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Pray for the best, prepare for the worst.

sexobon

01-13-2019 07:38 PM

Spray and pray.

Ramen.

xoxoxoBruce

01-17-2019 12:08 AM

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People gravitate to the coasts...