[Ipg-smz] Facebook to hire ex-felons?

[Gabe Goldberg]

FWIW, I've volunteered with Fairfax County, VA Police Department for 10+ 
years. I know -- and in many cases have ridden with -- officers from 
patrol to chief. I chaired my police station's Citizens Advisory 
Committee and serve on the Chief's Advisory Council. I'm on a task force 
developing policies for public safety use of drones -- it's about 40 
people, including police, fire&EMS, fire marshal, county attorney, FAA, 
Audubon Society, business organizations, citizen/civic groups, and head 
of Virginia ACLU. Output so far is a draft 35+ page manual and all the 
info is on fairfaxcounty.gov/uas.

There are 18,000+ law enforcement agencies in the country so it's 
misleading to generalize about "the police"  or "law enforcement". 
Fairfax cops I know are honest/honorable/motivated to do the right 
thing. Over the years, policies have changed -- sometimes in response to 
national trends, sometimes to community involvement/pressure, sometimes 
to FCPD problems. There's pretty good transparency and responsiveness. 
Fairfax (1200+ officers) isn't Mayberry or NYC (30,000+ officers) -- 
there's no reason NOT to talk to police here; in fact middle/high 
schools all have School Resource Officers whose job is to TALK to kids 
-- not arrest them.

I'm not claiming that everywhere's as fortunate as Fairfax -- just 
suggesting that all-inclusive advice about police can be misleading.

On 3/31/2019 11:18 AM, Stephen Satchell wrote:
> On 3/30/19 5:05 PM, Richard Santalesa wrote:
>> Oh come on pretty much everything is a felony these days.
>
> All too true, which is why you NEVER talk to law enforcement unless you
> have to.
>
> And "ex-felons" implies "convictions".
>
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