Why do the Police Need to Wear Masks

[CDNBear]

I was just going by the OP...

Let me finish that for ya...ED. As in OP/ED and nothing more.

You have to stop puzzling the paranoia these left fringe keep peddling Ron. You're wasting time chasing your tail here bru.

These guys haven't clue one what real suppression or abuse is. They'ld have to go live under one of their hero's rule to find that out...;-)

 

[lone wolf]

Funny how some folks can't figure out right is only a direction ... it doesn't mean correct....

 

[CDNBear]

Here's a pic I was looking for...note the U3 on the back of the helmet, that stands for Unit 3. So it shouldn't be to hard to figure out which Unit he was in...

Then there's this one, with a different Unit designation...

Funny how some folks can't figure out right is only a direction ... it doesn't mean correct....

Funny how some folks are so obtuse they fail to see the elephant in the room...;-)

 

[Zzarchov]

They wear masks to inspire fear and get away with stuff.

They have clear plastic faceguards to protect their face. Cops are just people to, and like any group of people, that means most of them are dicks with just a smidgen of power to trip on.

 

[lone wolf]

Funny how some folks are so obtuse they fail to see the elephant in the room...;-)

Sharpest knife in the drawer, huh?....

 

[Stretch]

Sadly, that is the truth for the world we live in today. I can see good reasons for the helmet and face shield protection. People spit in their faces for one thing and I sure wouldn't like anyone spitting in mine. The more gear they have on their head and face helps to protect them from things like being clubbed, spat on, rocks thrown at them, pepper spray that they may have to spray in the area themselves and a whole multitude of things. It has nothing whatsoever to do with "fear" control of a crowd.

the faceshield and helmut is fine.....they were talking about the balaclava

 

[Stretch]

Because that would enable the nutter to find out who he is and where he lives.

but the nice policeman is armed.....we aren't....

 

[Cannuck]

but the nice policeman is armed.....we aren't....

When he's on duty.

 

[Stretch]

and at home!

 

[Nuggler]

8O Would it have anything to do with bad breath ??

Imagine that blowing back at ya, with a plastic face shield and all. Make ya wanna just grab yer baton and beat the **** outa some goddam protester, eh!!:blob6:

 

[lone wolf]

Hard to whack when your eyes is waterin'....

 

[VanIsle]

the faceshield and helmut is fine.....they were talking about the balaclava

8O Thanks for straightening that out for me Stretch. I had not figured that out!
The balaclava does help to conceal their identity and some of them may need that.

Have you ever been in a riot on either side? My kids have. I don't think my husband ever was. People get really rough. All it takes is one tough guy to get the rest of them going. Rule is, note the tough guy (leader) and take him down so the rest will settle down. Since things like pepper spray are used today, and the cops themselves are using it, they will get it on their hands, rub their face or eyes and they've got even more problems. I don't know the answer. I'm just seeking a realistic one instead of assuming they are trying to hide.
Some of you are talking about badge numbers. The RCMP don't wear their badge number. They wear a name tag attached to their shirt or jacket. So what if you do see the name "Joe Brown" for example. I guess if you wanted to you could report any wrong doings or what you believe to be wrong doings by Joe Brown. You could look him up in the phone book and find out where he lives and terrorize his family.

Years ago there was not a lot of violence out there like there is today. However - in one city we lived in, we had beer bottles thrown at our house and our lawn lit on fire. I was home alone with two little kids. It's kind of scary. In another town a fellow told my husband to "watch his family". This guy had just burned down the local general store. My husband drove around for over two hours past his shift so he would not lead the guy to our house. He called me and said if anyone seems to be hanging around - get the kids and get out. He burned the store down by throwing a molotov cocktail through a window. In the same town where our lawn was lit on fire, one night my kids came running up from the basement yelling Mom, Mom, there's a guy looking in the window. The police dog managed to pick up his scent and they followed it for a long ways but he never was found. Would you like to live like that or would you rather wear a balaclava?

 

[tracy]

I suppose the "nutters" could have access to internal confidential personal
files inside of the police departments...thus making it necessary to not only
hide their faces, but their badge numbers as well as to be completely
anonymous in defiance of "the rules" mentioned in the OP.
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I say this because I know nurses who black out their last names on their badges. They aren't allowed to do it per hospital policy, but they do anyways because they are afraid of some of our clients. Technically any patient has the right to their medical files so if they really want to know your last name they can find it out, but it doesn't stop nurses from covering their last names all the same. I know one nurse who had a listed number and got phone calls at home from an irrate patient.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Tracy, both you and Islandpacific have made very good valid points.
I believe I have also asked very good valid questions. These are indeed
weird times that we're living in.

 

[Free your mind]

This is simple conditioning, when ppl join groups such as army, police, and such ranks,they go through a process of de-individualizing themselfs, then through neural linguistic programming they become a unquestioning force with no real identey and do what ever they are told and the uniformaty of thir uniforms gives protection from being recognised

 

[captain morgan]

That identical dynamic is also present in terms of the anonymity as being one person in 'the mob'. The only persons in the group (ie the protesters) that get identified are those that are singled-out and arrested by the police.... Identifying the police clearly to group of irate protesters solely welcomes the opportunity for retribution at one's home by potentially another angry mob.

 

[Zzarchov]

That identical dynamic is also present in terms of the anonymity as being one person in 'the mob'. The only persons in the group (ie the protesters) that get identified are those that are singled-out and arrested by the police.... Identifying the police clearly to group of irate protesters solely welcomes the opportunity for retribution at one's home by potentially another angry mob.

Ya, because an angry mob is whats going to spontaneously form.

I mean, never mind that police don't wear masks when they arrest drug dealers and mafia dons, That people know who the judges and prosecutors in Cartels are. None of them conceal their identities.

Thats the difference between an officer and a vigilante. Accountability.

If you can't take the danger of being a cop, don't be a cop.

 

[captain morgan]

There are a number of circumstances wherein the cops wear masks when arresting dealers or organized crime... For that matter, there are many instances where law enforcement have been targeted by the aforementioned.

The job of the police is dangerous enough as is, there is no point in exposing them to every possible form of retribution just because they are police.

 

[Zzarchov]

There are a number of circumstances wherein the cops wear masks when arresting dealers or organized crime... For that matter, there are many instances where law enforcement have been targeted by the aforementioned.

The job of the police is dangerous enough as is, there is no point in exposing them to every possible form of retribution just because they are police.

Yes, there is, thats why being a police officer is dangerous, because you are accountable to arresting and using force on criminals.

Before we had police we still had laws, we just had masked individuals dragging people before the courts and or enforcing order with force, usually private.

Police systems are not some age old institution, they are relatively new in their current form.

Accountability is required of them, if they don't want to be accountable for their actions why am I paying them? If someone is just going to be a masked vigilante, why not have it be me? I can ensure I get the justice I want and not pay their salaries.

 

[Stretch]

maybe this is why......maybe after their "official" shift finishes, they change sides.......

Police admit going undercover at Montebello protest

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Friday, August 24, 2007 | 09:32 AM ET


Quebec provincial police admitted Thursday that three of their officers disguised themselves as demonstrators during the protest at the North American leaders summit in Montebello, Que.
However, the police force denied allegations its undercover officers were there on Monday to provoke the crowd and instigate violence.
Police said the three undercover officers were only at the protest to locate and identify non-peaceful protesters in order to prevent any incidents.
Police came under fire Tuesday, when a video surfaced on YouTube that appeared to show three plainclothes police officers at the protest with bandanas across their faces. One of the men was carrying a rock.
The Quebec provincial police will not comment any further on the affair, a spokeswoman in Montreal said. Quebec Justice Minister Jacques Dupuis was made aware of the news, but a spokesman from his office said he will not comment on the matter either.
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