One move towards reconciliation, at leastWHEN police officers hear on their radios that a 10-13 or an 11-99 is in progress, they drop what they are doing and go. A 10-13 means an officer needs assistance. An 11-99 means an officer is under attack, and all nearby units must respond.
Such an event happened in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on July 17th, when three officers were killed in an ambush. According to the city’s police chief, they were “targeted and assassinated” with military precision. Given the timing, the killer, Gavin Long, a black ex-serviceman, may have been enraged by the killings of unarmed black men by police in Baton Rouge and Minnesota—as was the black man who, on July 7th, shot dead five officers in Dallas.
In the wake of these shootings, several police departments have changed tactics. In Boston and New York City officers have been ordered to work only in pairs. In New Orleans officers must respond in two patrol cars, instead of the usual one. One former cop speculates that, in future, officers responding to a call may park a block away and avoid using the front entrance, to avoid being...Continue reading
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