All over the country, in cities big and small, police departments are recruiting tiny fractions of what they used to be able to. Cleveland's graduating class from police academy this year was 9 piglets. In 2000, they had 87. Similar drops are happening all over the country. Cities may be refusing to defund, but their PDs are shrinking anyways because the vast majority of people have realized that cops are basically evil.
so in 2050 american PDs will basically be 10 fascists in mech suits
It will be cyberpunk dystopia. There will be flying drones everywhere. Boston Dymanics dogs will do the no knock raids. Drones will be either AI or remote piloted with no face to hold even notionally accountable.
If people are needed, the police will be transformed into the only way to secure a quality living.
Granted, these things will be tried but I think capitalism wont even accomplish its own goals of survival due to its ineptitude.
I've already seen this done with a drone. I can't find the video again but like two years ago I saw a video of a drone flying into an apartment and a guy surrendering to it, or it was gonna shoot him. It was in the US I'm pretty sure.
There is also at least a chance that if that starts happening more often, the drone pilot will not be as trigger happy because they won't be personally in the situation. Cops are taught and encouraged to get triggered and act first which wouldn't be needed as much in those situations. Though that still leaves room for an apathetic drone operator that doesn't care/gets off to killing someone with anonymous impunity.
As long as AI isn't deliberately designed to be racist or murderous, I might actually feel safer surrendering to that as opposed to a screaming ape in a
costume.
I mean, I have to try to find a way to be
about the future.
They will on paper be fully staffed to get the funding