Is Society Too Dependent On The Police?

Any talk of police reform has to include the responsibility of the individual and society.

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This is part two of a multi-part series on the role of police and the individual in a free society. Part one was published on August 3, 2022.

Over the last few years many people have reevaluated their relationship with the United States policing system.

Many who once believed that the police are there to protect and serve, and that they could count on the police in time of crisis have shifted their views.

Some of this is based on reality, and some on perception. But either way, we all had to ask ourselves, are the police dependable?

Or maybe that is the wrong question. Maybe we should be asking, are we too dependent on the police?

Society has shifted too much of the security burden onto the state

This is a two-fold issue:

Over-criminalization

Our system of laws is bloated, confusing and attempts to handle far too many social issues as a matter of crime and punishment.