Is the police doing their job?

@Nevena83 (66063)
Serbia
April 27, 2020 2:26pm CST
Good evening friends Today was a quiet day here. I didn't do much work, I mowed the yard of the house my brother bought, I worked around his computers and now I'm here. Tonight, people from my village caught a thief, before police arrived, several of them beat him up. They were also caught two nights ago, taken away by police and released the next day. I think that annoyed the people here, so I hope they keep the thief in jail. I love it when people are in solidarity. Are the people there united, in solidarity?
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
27 Apr 20
Sorry for the thieving that happens in your community. Here in my country, I do believe that somehow, we have gotten rid of that. People are not so worried any more if they have have left a thing or two somewhere. The little people have come to know that they can't just get what is not theirs. That said, our problem is the subtle thieving of the powerful people corrupting us of our hard-earned money.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
29 Apr 20
@Nevena83 First, we gave dignity to our children by giving them free education. The schools were rebuilt, too, with laboratories and libraries. That excited the children and to school they went, instead of wasting time elsewhere. The parents who were unschooled and earned their daily wages as laundry women, domestic helps, jeepney and tricycle drivers did see the difference. Tuition fee was off their back, so they only had to fend for food. The media capitalized on the small successes, like a father graduating together with his son, because they both enrolled in first grade at the same time. Now the people value their work, even if one is a sanitary personnel at the airport. No amount of money in a bag that was left behind can tempt an employee. He or she would return the bag to the owner. It's the ones in white collar who are not honest.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
29 Apr 20
How did you solve it? Yeah, I know what you're talking about, and here the powerful do it.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
30 Apr 20
@eileenleyva Does that mean you have good laws?
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@snowy22315 (208861)
• United States
27 Apr 20
I would say generally yes.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
27 Apr 20
If so, then good.
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@AmbiePam (120708)
• United States
27 Apr 20
The police are having it tough in this kind of environment.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
27 Apr 20
I don't think this has anything to do with the current situation, it often happens here that the police arrest someone and quickly release him.
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@allen0187 (59690)
• Philippines
28 Apr 20
Police aren't exactly popular in my country right now. There are a lot of reports of police brutality and harassment here in the Philippines.
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@allen0187 (59690)
• Philippines
30 Apr 20
@Nevena83 there were instances of police beating up people because they didn't wear a mask.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
30 Apr 20
@allen0187 Oh, really?
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
29 Apr 20
It's horrible. Why is this happening?
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@LadyDuck (502409)
• Italy
28 Apr 20
People are friendly, but they have always been, we try to be helpful, things are going on well here.
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@LadyDuck (502409)
• Italy
30 Apr 20
@Nevena83 The police must patrol and simply check that people cooperate, they must not be abusive.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
30 Apr 20
@LadyDuck I agree with you, but they rarely patrol in the countryside.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
29 Apr 20
It's really good when people cooperate, but the police have an important role to play.
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@Moon24 (22394)
• Serbia
27 Apr 20
There are also humans, i think it deppends from man to man.
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@Moon24 (22394)
• Serbia
27 Apr 20
@Nevena83 Better law is important.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
29 Apr 20
@Moon24 Yes, as well as enforcing such a law. We have many good laws, but they do not apply in practice.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
27 Apr 20
Yes, you are probably right, but we need a better law.
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• United States
27 Apr 20
I think the police in my town are doing a good job
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
29 Apr 20
That's really good to hear.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
28 Apr 20
It’s too bad people have to resort to thievery. They should be locked up.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
29 Apr 20
@Nevena83 Your people are very brave. I'd be too afraid to try to capture anyone. Glad the last one wasn't released. They should all be punished for taking what doesn't belong to them.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
29 Apr 20
@DianneN Yes, we are a very brave people. I think that's how we fought for centuries against the injustice that was happening to us.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
29 Apr 20
Yes, amazingly, instead of being caught and punished by the police, the people in the village capture them and the police release. They have not released the last one because we have informed the press and I assume that they have kept him.
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@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Apr 20
I guess, at least the thief has been taught a lesson.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
29 Apr 20
I sincerely hope he is, but I think it will be until he is released from prison.
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@dya80dya (36805)
27 Apr 20
No, they aren't.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
27 Apr 20
That's sad. They act as if there is no law, I do not understand what their job is for.
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
27 Apr 20
I suppose they are doing the best they can do.
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
27 Apr 20
@Nevena83 I try really hard especially when there is nothing we can do.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
27 Apr 20
@CarolDM You are right, I always like the way you think.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
27 Apr 20
You are always full of understanding.
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@LowRiderX (22901)
• Serbia
27 Apr 20
Such is the law here, Nevena. they are taken to the station, registered and released ... what to do with them? Give them three meals a day for free, so you know how many thieves they make daily. After a certain number they close, but not immediately, unless it is a specific situation and a difficult theft..
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
27 Apr 20
It's horrible. Then let's all take the law into our own hands.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
27 Apr 20
@LowRiderX Yes, I have heard that people make stupid things.
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@LowRiderX (22901)
• Serbia
27 Apr 20
@Nevena83 Knocking on a pot from a windows does not raise a revolution I believe you know what's go i n on here in the city..
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@KityCat (7739)
• India
27 Apr 20
Here the police are very strict . They question anybody they see and ask where they are going . (annoying if you ask me ! )
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
27 Apr 20
That sounds EXCELLENT. Are the penalties good?
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