The Newport Beach Police Dept - Are You Qualified?
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited critically in policing threads as evidence of what kind of recruits and culture police departments seek.
What it is
A short recruitment video for the Newport Beach Police Department promoting its jobs and pay.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2020 to 2021.
What Hacker News said
Critical PaulDavisThe1st · 2020-05 · on “Police act like laws don't apply to them because of Qualified Immunity”
Here's a police recruitment ad (admittedly from more than a decade ago) [this video] (Newport Beach Police Department recruiting video, from 2008) And the problem is just the salary and QI? I don't think so.
Critical thaumasiotes · 2020-06 · on “Slack Removed a Blog Post Showing How Police Use Its Tech”
What the police are supposed to be is determined by local culture. Here's a police recruitment ad from Georgia: [LINK] Here's one from California: [this video] (The original blog post that highlighted the difference between these is down, but here's an archive link: [LINK] . I pulled the youtube URLs because the archived page doesn't appear to work.)
Critical Stratoscope · 2021-02 · on “Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to trigger copyright filters”
> The warrior mindset is at the root of so many of these problems. We need to disband all of the police forces and start again with a new culture based around a guardian mindset and community service. Nearly ten years ago, Reason posted a comparison of police recruitment videos from Decatur, Georgia, and Newport Beach, California. They illustrate beautifully the two mindsets you describe. [LINK] The videos don't play on that page any more, so here are direct links. Decatur: [LINK] Newport Beach: [this video]
Critical Stratoscope · 2021-12 · on “Texas woman wins round in lawsuit challenging swat teams destruction of her home”
Here's a Newport Beach (California) police recruiting video: [this video] They were actively recruiting for the type of person who would enjoy being on a SWAT team like this. [LINK]