[knome]

>the solution to this problem is to have the public democratically elect police just like politicians

Doesn't seem to stop people from electing horrible sheriffs time and again.

>So far this system has successfully prevented most people who should not be politicians from becoming politicians

Is your comment satire?

[maratbn]

Generally public officials in countries with fair elections are an order of magnitude better than public officials in countries without fair elections. For example, compare Bush II with Ahmadinejad.

> Doesn't seem to stop people from electing horrible sheriffs time and again.

There are some problems with the current election system in the US in that many potential voters don't register to vote to not get summoned for jury duty and similar issues, while lots of police vote in blocks guided by powerful police unions. These problems can be fixed, and overall the US election system is better than in countries like Russia.

> Is your comment satire?

Even US politicians who are massively disliked are way better than their counterparts in countries without fair elections. Furthermore, these massively-disliked politicians get voted out at the end of term if a better politician runs against them. And even if they don't get voted out, they have to leave eventually due to hard term limits.

I'm not saying that democratic elections with term limits for police will keep absolutely all bad people out of police, but what I am saying is that there will be an order of magnitude less bad people in the police, and they will also be an order of magnitude less bad than under the current traditional employment scheme.

[smt88]

Bush II stole his first election from Gore and started a multi-trillion dollar war based on lies that ended up killing hundreds of thousands of civilians.

Calling him a success story is completely insane.

[MichaelCollins]

> Generally public officials in countries with fair elections are an order of magnitude better than public officials in countries without fair elections. For example, compare Bush II with Ahmadinejad.

I agree with your general statement, but I think Ahmadinejad is a bad example. Ahmadinejad was voted into office, and a few years later was voted out of office. Ayatollah Khamenei is probably a better example.

[favorited]

Exactly. Sheriffs are just cops who can't be fired without a recall election.