There's stuff that I ponder about. It's serious stuff, but I'm a bit lazy to blog about it. I am kind of into planning out my Sydney holiday. Unfortunately, this time around, I do not have the luxury of being spoilt. So, yeah...
Last few trips were not planned much.. Trip to Brisbane was planned by Matt's friends. My trip back to Malaysia was fairly ad hoc, Mulu was planned by Dad.. and was a pretty set package... Other short trips were just random.
Anyway, my thought of the day is, 'Why do NZers or so many people distrust the police force and disrespect the officers?'
Granted, there have been a number of cases which have definitely not been in the favour of the police.. Being that the police were wrong and deserved the bad press. However, it's just.. have all those been enough to cause such distrust? It's not like it occurs everyday, and well, they are human too and they slip up. I don't think the police here is as bad as the force in Malaysia. Where bribery is common and where I really wouldn't trust them myself. I just think that maybe the police in NZ do get a bit more flak... for what, I'm not sure?
I don't know whether it's people just wanting someone to blame for things.
I also wonder if the NZ public's just being ... ignorant of the changes that are occurring to society.
Have they not realised how crime has increased? Are they going to be ignorant and blasé about what's actually happening?
They say that they don't want all police officers to have guns.
In a recent report, a widow of a gunned down shop owner expressed her disappointment that the police failed them..
"At the time of the shooting, Detective Inspector Jim Gallagher said police had to establish the gunman's whereabouts to ensure no one else's life was in danger.
Police also had to wait for firearms to arrive so armed officers could check the scene before letting anyone, including medics, inside.
But the Herald understands a police internal review found a squad car carrying firearms to the crime scene took the wrong set of keys to unlock the weapons cache.
Officers had to wait for someone to rush back to get the correct keys."
Point to note: The cops bungled up. Stupid of them.. They should have had the right keys!
But then, one could argue.. If this were a normal everyday routine for the cops, where each were supplied with a firearm, or rather, more cops were supplied with firearms. Could this situation have been avoided? If it was standard procedure, would the cops more likely have had the right key on them.. or seeing if more cops had firearms on them, wouldn't they have been able to sort out a back up quicker rather than having to rely on someone returning to get the correct keys? If they had firearms, then they wouldn't have to be bungling around for a their weapons from a LOCKED compartment, would they?
Fine, I also understand and agree with the argument that arming all cops with firearms may not necessarily be the right thing either. More chances of accidental shootings such as this case.
So, is there an alternative? Well, tasers may be one.. but then there's opposition against the use of tasers too, being that they're well, not good?
I don't know la.. They don't want this, don't want that and when something fails, the public just only knows how to complain.
I personally think using a taser and getting shot by accident would definitely be a bit&h and all.. I would probably be superbly pissed off and would probably want to throttle the officer if so.
But still, isn't getting jolted by electricity a safer option than being shot... and dead?
And isn't the option of being safer as opposed to the chance of being shot and stunned by electricity, better?
I think NZers need to wake up a bit. They need to figure something out because it's obvious. Crime's up. NZ is growing, especially the bigger cities. Like all other cities... the bigger you grow, you're just going to find that you're going to have more issues and crime. WAKE UP and smell reality!
Last few trips were not planned much.. Trip to Brisbane was planned by Matt's friends. My trip back to Malaysia was fairly ad hoc, Mulu was planned by Dad.. and was a pretty set package... Other short trips were just random.
Anyway, my thought of the day is, 'Why do NZers or so many people distrust the police force and disrespect the officers?'
Granted, there have been a number of cases which have definitely not been in the favour of the police.. Being that the police were wrong and deserved the bad press. However, it's just.. have all those been enough to cause such distrust? It's not like it occurs everyday, and well, they are human too and they slip up. I don't think the police here is as bad as the force in Malaysia. Where bribery is common and where I really wouldn't trust them myself. I just think that maybe the police in NZ do get a bit more flak... for what, I'm not sure?
I don't know whether it's people just wanting someone to blame for things.
I also wonder if the NZ public's just being ... ignorant of the changes that are occurring to society.
Have they not realised how crime has increased? Are they going to be ignorant and blasé about what's actually happening?
They say that they don't want all police officers to have guns.
In a recent report, a widow of a gunned down shop owner expressed her disappointment that the police failed them..
"At the time of the shooting, Detective Inspector Jim Gallagher said police had to establish the gunman's whereabouts to ensure no one else's life was in danger.
Police also had to wait for firearms to arrive so armed officers could check the scene before letting anyone, including medics, inside.
But the Herald understands a police internal review found a squad car carrying firearms to the crime scene took the wrong set of keys to unlock the weapons cache.
Officers had to wait for someone to rush back to get the correct keys."
Point to note: The cops bungled up. Stupid of them.. They should have had the right keys!
But then, one could argue.. If this were a normal everyday routine for the cops, where each were supplied with a firearm, or rather, more cops were supplied with firearms. Could this situation have been avoided? If it was standard procedure, would the cops more likely have had the right key on them.. or seeing if more cops had firearms on them, wouldn't they have been able to sort out a back up quicker rather than having to rely on someone returning to get the correct keys? If they had firearms, then they wouldn't have to be bungling around for a their weapons from a LOCKED compartment, would they?
Fine, I also understand and agree with the argument that arming all cops with firearms may not necessarily be the right thing either. More chances of accidental shootings such as this case.
So, is there an alternative? Well, tasers may be one.. but then there's opposition against the use of tasers too, being that they're well, not good?
I don't know la.. They don't want this, don't want that and when something fails, the public just only knows how to complain.
I personally think using a taser and getting shot by accident would definitely be a bit&h and all.. I would probably be superbly pissed off and would probably want to throttle the officer if so.
But still, isn't getting jolted by electricity a safer option than being shot... and dead?
And isn't the option of being safer as opposed to the chance of being shot and stunned by electricity, better?
I think NZers need to wake up a bit. They need to figure something out because it's obvious. Crime's up. NZ is growing, especially the bigger cities. Like all other cities... the bigger you grow, you're just going to find that you're going to have more issues and crime. WAKE UP and smell reality!
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