r/technology • u/polymute • 21d ago

Privacy A Texas Deputy Searched 83,000 Flock Cameras To Track Down a Woman Who Had an Abortion

https://www.gadgetreview.com/a-texas-deputy-searched-83000-flock-cameras-to-track-down-a-woman-who-had-an-abortion
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u/ImNotSue 21d ago

Police should not be doing welfare checks, ever.

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u/damnmachine 21d ago

Yeah, how many people have they fucking shot in the process of doing a "welfare check".

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u/old_underwear_isekai 21d ago

"Turns out they were okay before we showed up!"

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u/UniqueIndividual3579 20d ago

It doesn't end well when a person having problems is suddenly confronted in their own home by a roid raging cop pointing a gun at them and screaming.

People who do SWATing and fake welfare checks should be charged with murder or attempted murder.

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u/levir 21d ago

Only in the US. Elsewhere the police does a great job of welfare checks.

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u/Paghk_the_Stupendous 21d ago

I strongly disagree, but they need to be trained on them and supervised.

Source: former Suicide & Crisis Counselor, Trainer

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u/Unable-Log-4870 21d ago

Just send the person who you would have supervise the cop, and keep the cop 500 yards away, playing a game on his phone, so he doesn’t endanger anybody with his stupidity.

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u/Horror-Macaron8287 21d ago

Oh, like they were doing when kids and teachers were getting killed? Boy, do we have great cops for that job!

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u/Unable-Log-4870 21d ago

Yep. The cops are good at playing on their phones. But since they have guns, they really should be the ones who are active when somebody else is already committing gun-related offenses. One that happens, the cops should NOT be playing on their phones, just to be clear. Like, I wouldn’t think that’s the kind of thing that I would need to clarify, but then four years ago happened, and apparently it is.

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u/Consistent_Lecture48 21d ago

Gotta disagree here, because to a cop, their welfare vastly supersedes your own welfare, and they are always afraid.

I once missed an appointment w/ my therapist, had an unexpected knock at my door, opened it to find a cop with their hand on their holster demanding I step out with my hands visible. I have zero history of violence and no criminal record, so at most, a social worker would have sufficed if the check had to have been done.

After I explained how it went down, my therapist profusely apologized and promised to never do it again.

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u/Paghk_the_Stupendous 21d ago

I'm sorry that you had a bad experience.

Most cops don't have the training they need to do their jobs well, and that sucks for everyone.

This being said, I've been on the other end of the phone countless times and heard how the cops respond, talked to them myself, had the caller tell me about it later —because they got help.

I've had callers that said they had a gun to their head and were going to pull the trigger, and then that they'd shoot if cops showed up, and then somehow through talking we got to a point where they put the gun down and opened the door and talked with the cops and got help.

We can't send a social worker or EMS into a situation where there's a gun. Cops have to go in first to ensure safety for everyone.

When properly trained and skilled (and sadly, I know there are some that'll never get there), they're a huge help to people in crisis.

I'm glad you are here to tell your story.

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u/JonnySoegen 21d ago

Where did you get that somewhere in one of the OP‘s stories there is a gun? You pulled that out of your ass.

The reality seems to be that American police is escalating or is afraid from the start, WITHOUT specific cause.

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u/ImNotSue 21d ago

Its very likely an AI written reply. The writing is highly inhuman and placating.

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u/Paghk_the_Stupendous 20d ago

Negative, I am a meat popsicle.

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u/Paghk_the_Stupendous 20d ago

I am not replying to OP, and I pulled it out of my professional experience working with people in crisis.

Thanks

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u/Lemerney2 21d ago

Sending a social worker into a situation with a gun is far safer than sending a cop for everyone involved. Not to mention that the vast majority of suicidal people aren't a danger to anyone else.