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>>itcrow+(OP)
I kind of share the sentiment expressed in the final quote of the article. From the way the dataset is described this could be really helpful to criminals and really harmful and dangerous for other folks - police and civilian alike.

>>coding+n1
The police are civilians.

>>tom_+ma
True. But when you hear cops talk about non cops, they will call non cops civilians.

>>A4ET8a+Xh
As a veteran, my blood boils when I hear that.

As I am no longer a member of the military, I am a civilian. My neighbors are civilians. And regardless of a badge or uniform or firearm or SWAT teams or Pentagon-surplus armored vehicles, cops are civilians.

Feeling otherwise merely reinforces the "us-versus-them" mentality that leads to the current crisis.