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California bill proposes misdemeanor for officers who cover their face on duty (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It would not apply to the national guard or other troops and it exempts Swat teams and officers responding to natural disasters.

OK. Now every force is a SWAT team. Next dumb idea.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

swat needs approval for deployments if I understand correctly. it takes money and paperwork to approve so many resources for a singular operation, this includes risk insurance during the window of operation.

there's no way in hell that any police department could afford making every shift a swat shift.