Who has a bounty system?

Based on the response that got me "you hate cops". Right.

>So cops should punish more people.

For traffic violations? Absolutely. There is 0 enforcement and people just do whatever the fuck they want driving (and cycling) around here and it's dangerous

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I’ll assume you are one based on the response.

Honest question for you: could the city automate bus lane violations and just mail tickets based on license plate?

It was only yesterday.

+1 to Dick Robasson, the tailor at Keezer’s / Le Couturier. He’s also the owner! He’s my go-to guy for tailoring. He bought Keezer’s a few years ago, and merged his tailoring business with it & moved both to the current Mass Ave space near Porter.

As for “how close do they get”, the answer is “very”, but don’t be alarmed. Mr. Robasson is quite professional & very kindly.

Someone is dead at the hands of police--it's a failure of the system.

CPD is one of the more professional and progressive police departments around. Looks like activists reaching for something, ANYTHING, to be mad about.

Sounds like the guy was harming himself, police came and finished the job.

A wild guy with a machete is a threat to the public, but it's definitely not a win when the police fail to stop him without killing him.

Infrastructure is there 24/7, cops can’t be

> This is pretty troubling data and likely makes our streets more dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians.

Maybe the Officers are afraid of being labeled as racist or as racial profiling for pulling over drivers?

Sounds like I'm not the only one thinking what I'm thinking.

They are the ones who currently give out tickets, but others, who might not be armed with lethal weapons, could do it instead. The city has many employees.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CambridgeMA/comments/wmqo3d/are_there_any_plans_for_cpd_to_start_enforcing/

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"cpd should do their job" = "cops should be more aggressive, like increasing beatings to improve morale". but yeah, no bias there

There you go with your blank statements.

I don't hate cops. I got nothing against them. I don't remember calling on anyone to kill a cop either.

But saying that cops aren't aggressive enough as it is a bit like saying that morale improves with beatings.

I think you're just hating cops to hate cops. Like, I'm all ACAB too. But at the end of the day, we have them. And so yeah, I want them to do their job. If speed is an issue, give out speeding tickets. If blocking the bike lanes and running cyclists off the roads is an issue, impound their cars and take away their licenses. Police are still the enforcement of the laws. They're pigs, but until you replaces they with robots then you still gotta ask them to do their job. Equating speeding tickets to beating the homeless pretty much gives me all the perspective I need from you 🤣

Hell, that's why I'm pro gun. Because I don't trust CPD to do their job lmao. Cops have zero accountability

My point is that you cops to be harder on everyone and I don't think that that's a good solution. Looking at your post history and your love of guns I can see why you would think that way, though.

Protected bike lanes would definitely be a place to start. Fines are only a deterrent if you don't have the money to pay them. Maybe some sort of strike system where you get your license suspended if you're cited enough times. But more cops wouldn't necessarily fix the issue.

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here. If there is no enforcement, laws are all about the honor system. If these changes are for safety, presumably they're being done because people were being unsafe. If too many people are speeding, just dropping the speed limit without enforcing it isn't going to do anything

Not sure how you get people to not park in the bike lane without fines, but sure.

So cops should punish more people. Got you.

Not something I agree with, but its a unique approach nonetheless.

There’s plenty of cop violence and negligence in this world, but this situation didn’t sound like one of them.

The officers involved were probably justified in shooting the guy with the huge machete, but it's worth remembering that a better outcome would be if nobody ended up dead. This outcome should be seen as deficient even if the actions of the people involved were completely by the book.

Cop presence doesn't reduce crime/citeable offenses. More citations just means more money goes to the city in fines.

Hey I'm not the one who reduced the city wide speed limit and spent hundreds of thousands on traffic easing. I'm just saying, if the cops did their job, perhaps these other initiatives wouldn't be needed