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

[Sharon Fisher]

So when someone has done their time, what are they supposed to do for a
living when released?

On Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 12:50 PM Gabe Goldberg <gabe at gabegold.com> wrote:

> 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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