What If We Could Put "Rules Of Engagement" Upon Street Pirates Just As Police Actions Are Regulated With?

Two recent policy changes must be noted because they focus on the same broad issues:

• New York Legislators Ponder Regulation Requiring Police To Shoot Street Pirates In The Arms and Legs Only
• Detroit Mayor Bans Television Cameras During Police Operations

As a frequent viewer of "The First 48 Hours" and "Gangland"  I am strongly opposed to Mayor Bing's new policies placed upon the police.   These shows are invaluable in articulating the shameful antics used by Street Pirates as they "moon" the rules of civility, law & order and civil/human rights.

Long story short - These type of regulations only apply to one half of the "equal human beings" who are in the battle for same streets in our civil society.  For the Street Pirate - his "I don't give a what" lifestyle makes him immune to certain regulations or "rules of engagement".  

A Street Pirate doesn't care where he shoots or whom he shoots in his effort to exact injury for the sake of taking what he wants or escaping.  His only goal is to take out the threat standing in his way.

These legislators and municipal executives realize that there are large financial liabilities at play as their police operatives are engaged on the streets in their law enforcement activities.  With these unilateral regulations they risk putting their own personnel at work.

I have pointed out the difficultly in forcing a higher standard of principles upon a person who is not bound to any sort of honor system.  Society as a whole needs to come up with new "rules of engagement" by which these young men who should otherwise be on the track to "model citizenship" are not diverted into the life of the "street pirate" and the acerbic consequences that they render upon the community that has the misfortune to house them within.