Why should the police have to assist people who dont want or deserve them?

Question

Should some people be blacklisted from calling for help, convicted burglars/robbers etc

Answer 1

The job of the Police is to Protect the population (thats all of us) and to Serve the common good. Again, all of the people. It is their job to maintain order and safety, and sometimes that means helping people they would just as soon see drown in the gutter.

Answer 2

in answering this question I must highlight the difference between someone who goes into crime out of choice and someone who commits a crime due to the situation they are in, such as a woman who shoplifts food because her husband has left her and given her no money. Many crimes are often errors of judgement, silly mistakes.
This error and subsequent remorse and shame mean a person goes through much punishment even if they are not caught. It would also be an injustice if they were not protected. In the Bible Jesus stated a group of elders were only right in stoning an adulteress if they themselves were free from sin- 'Let he who be without sin throw the first stone'.
Similarly some criminals do and succeed in wanting to be good- they should not be denied the rights of a citizen if they have worked hard to regain a normal life.

Answer 3

It would be nice if they didnt have to, but I think they deal with it in their own way....

A few years ago, my brothers house got broken into. Unknown to the two stupid teenagers that broke in, my brother has 2 large rottweilers. One of the boys got away, but the other one was pinned down by the male dog and had a chunk of his butt bitten off.

The policemen who came to the house knew the lad, and took quite a long time calling an ambulance, and even poked the lad in the butt and asked him if it hurt much. So as much as the copper had to help the lad, he drew the agony out for a bit to teach him a lesson.

My brother lives in a small village in north wales..I think things are dealt with a little differently up there. Very much in the 'locals' spirit. This was a long time ago before the criminals had more rights than the victims.

Answer 4

Surely this would encourage certain elements of society to resign themselves to the fact that they must now take the law into their own hands, to include their own protection and self-preservation and obviously will adjust their behaviour accordingly. (Cos lets face it they're not all necessarily gonna take a passive role when placed in a life threatening or dangerous situation!!). Maybe giving 'dangerous criminals' the so-called easy option of participating in socially acceptable methods of crime control, (apart from justice and human rights of course) particularly as a method of their defence is as much for the public in general's benefit as it is to theirs (as they dont have to defend themselves, and maybe not murder so many people lmao)!!!
Although, yeah, it could be an intersting scenario, to witness the mayhem that would ensue if all of the worst psychos and sociopaths were further segregated from the social norms and safety nets than they already are; haha, force the most violent members of society to arm and defend themselves!!!
Hmmm good point!!!

Answer 5

The police are there to serve the community & public at large. They cannot disciminate who they are bound to serve...it is not an option. Although I take your point. Some people call the police everything, but when they are in need, that seems to be a different story.

Answer 6

No. Someone may hate the police but if a knife whielding maniac turns up at their door they have the same right as everyone else to call for help. The police are there to protect EVERYONE, which includes drug dealers etc. It may cause a moral conflict when a criminal needs the police, but they are designed to help everyone.

Answer 7

Everybody is entitled to assistance from the police. Just because someone has been convicted of a crime of that nature doesn't mean it is ok for the same thing to happen to them. Now repeat offenders that should mean less assistance, I mean Karma is just one of those crazy things that just happens man.

Answer 8

Sad to say, we're stuck "serving" every poor piece of sh-t that exists in our country, legally or illegally, so far. It's like I told my son when he first joined the Army, "Son, you're going to go to war to keep everyone free, even the sorry s-o-b's that you and I can't stand. Do you really want to do that." He didn't answer with words, but he knew he wouldn't like every part of his job. Since then he's been to Iraq twice and is to return there the day after tomorrow to finish his second tour of duty, and I can tell you that there's a lot of people over here that don't deserve my son's life, or his risking it for their safety. And my son-in-law is a police officer, and I've seen the very city he's protecting against druggies and murderers turn against him in what he has to do in order to give them back their neighborhoods from the druggies. Funny thing is, if you don't help the criminals you refer to, they can and will escalate their criminal behavior, so, you're stuck. I fully agree with your sentiments, but in my two cases, with my son and son-in-law, you're just stuck. Just like the Vietnam vets. There's never a big enough apology we can give them for how we, or some of us, treated them when they returned. God Bless you.

Answer 9

because if every time somebody calls for help the police starts checking up a blacklist by the time they finish probably the person won't need help anymore... or won't be alive anymore!

Answer 10

There's a little thing called "Equal Protection Under the Law".