Timeline for How would a city police department handle a super-hero joining as an officer?
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| Jan 2, 2018 at 4:13 | comment | added | Justin Thyme | @a4android I entirely agree with the military being restricted by Rules of Engagement. I just want to emphasize that Rules of Engagement are not the same as my use of the phrase Rules of Evidence. Under Rules of Engagement, the evidentiary trail is often erasable. In black opps, it is definitely erased. In that sense, tI agree that super-heroes are much more suited for the military rather than an officer of the law and a servant of the courts. | |
| Jan 2, 2018 at 4:04 | comment | added | Justin Thyme | kingledion Like I posted, America is just weird. City police forces acting like paramilitary. City councils buying Light Armored Vehicles, because the criminals have much more powerful weaponry, entirely within the law. City criminal gangs that are more powerfully armed than some countries. But even worse, a country who's citizens are PROUD of this. | |
| Jan 2, 2018 at 1:40 | comment | added | a4android | @JustinThyme You mentioned "a specialty military unit". In the case of military action, Rules of Engagement apply. I suspect super-powered people would be better suited to the armed forces than conventional policing. | |
| Jan 1, 2018 at 21:52 | comment | added | kingledion | @JustinThyme We have whole companies that make the stuff for police: lencoarmor.com | |
| Jan 1, 2018 at 14:32 | comment | added | Justin Thyme | @a4android Not sure where 'Rules of Engagement' came from. I said 'Rules of Evidence'. You know, preserving the evidentiary trail, and all that? | |
| Jan 1, 2018 at 14:29 | comment | added | Justin Thyme | @ Michael Kjörling I am having a very difficult time in trying to interpret my statement in any way that does NOT apply it to the military. Not sure how you are interpreting it. | |
| Jan 1, 2018 at 12:14 | comment | added | user | "The problem would be in their willingness to follow the chain of command, and to follow orders." How does this not apply to the military? | |
| Jan 1, 2018 at 4:07 | comment | added | a4android | Military forces are restricted by Rules of Engagement. Don't let yourself be bamboozled by the usual depiction of superhuman beings (SHB) as vigilantes. This is your typical superhero. A socially responsible SHB should be as capable of fitting in a team as anyone else. Probably, superhumanly so. | |
| Jan 1, 2018 at 3:01 | comment | added | kingledion | Depends on how you define 'average police force.' Most big city police forces in the United States are plenty militarized, with SWAT teams and armored vehicles and the whole nine. Honestly, the traditional Batman/Superman superhero seems more at home in a SWAT team taking down criminals than in SpecOps going to foreign countries to assassinate people. | |
| Jan 1, 2018 at 2:57 | history | answered | Justin Thyme | CC BY-SA 3.0 |