Statistics Don't Lie. . .

Statistics Don't Lie. . . But the people who use them do. That's just one conclusion I draw from news of a "study" publicized by the National Center for Women and Policing that shows that female officers are less likely to be charged with police brutality than their male counterparts:

"Organizers said the findings supported their contention that women's negotiating and communication skills should prompt police departments to hire more females. Male officers cautioned against drawing broad conclusions from the report."

"'What communities need, and what the police departments recruit for, are two different things,' said Margaret Moore, director of the Center for Women and Policing. 'What you need are officers who can talk to people and deescalate problems.'"

"She said police chiefs should realize that female officers, on average, will cost their departments less money than males in payouts for brutality lawsuits."

"'The old paramilitary, patriarchal system is not working,' said Moore, a former deputy assistant director of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and an ex-New York City officer. 'We're so used to a culture of 'Boys will be boys.' It's not acceptable -- we need to have a total culture change.'"

"One of the cities analyzed in the report was Los Angeles. The center said that during the 1990s, when male officers in the city outnumbered female officers by a roughly 4-to-1 ratio, payments involving excessive force by men exceeded those for female officers by 23 to 1."

Let's see, how many other reasons could we come up with for the disparity here? Play along at home. And if this thesis is correct, why not recruit a police department crewed by nothing but women? I'm sure that would be a far more effective police "farce". Taken to its logical conclusion, wouldn't we be better off with an all-female military as well?

Eric 04:18 PM

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