In Seattle, Police Can No Longer Report 'Suspects,' They Have To Say 'Community Members'

I wish this was a joke, but it’s not. In Seattle, police can no longer use the term “suspect” for use of force reports. Instead, they have to write “community member.” Alas, we have political correctness now infesting law enforcement. Also, this isn’t new. KIRO 7 reported that the Washington’s Department of Corrections no longer calls prisoners inmates; they call them students (via KIRO 7):

When Seattle police officers write use of force reports they no longer call a suspect a suspect.

“Community member” is the new term. Several officers say the term is offensive, explaining their work with violent suspects.

Sources point to the suspect who shot three officers last month after a downtown Seattle armed robbery. When officers involved in that incident were writing their use of force reports they were required to refer to the shooter, Damarius Butts, as a “community member,” not a suspect, police sources said.

Last fall, the Washington Department of Corrections stopped calling inmates “offenders” and instead use the term “student.”

“The term ‘offender’ does have a negative connotation and significantly impacts a broad group of people and communities,” Acting DOC Secretary Dick Morgan wrote in an internal department memo, obtained by KIRO 7......snip~

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattv...s-they-have-to-say-community-members-n2329542


This is just outright stupid. The Liberal PC Police have struck again. Changing terminology up even for the Police and how they write up their reports. I wonder what term they are suppose to use If the perp is from out of state. What say ye?

 

My brother is a prison gard, and tells my how horrible they treat the inmates, then we laugh and laugh. Don't be so stinking sensitive, you are such a cry baby.

 

The out of state Peeps can't be called members of "mankind" either I assume.

 

And what does that have to do with the Lib Ttards, changing up the terminology from inmates to students.

 

Nor can they be called community members. Maybe they will go with.....an outsider next.

 

My god man, at least it rains on them morons all the time.

 

It means that these slime balls received nothing in the change of official wording.
Your just playing the part of butt hurt victim because you enjoy it.

 

It might damage their self esteem....which they had enough of to kill somebody.

 

What kind of moronic name call is that?

 

If nothing changes why change it?

Love to watch a liberal dance.

 

Dance? WTF ?
Anyway, my guess is they think it sounds more professional. If you are so victimized by the change, why haven't you looked close enough to know the answer to your own question?

 

Yea, idiots like that will end up destroying those cities. They need law and order, not semantics to let criminals walk or illegals to hide and commit crimes. They tax dollars will continue to plummet though as people move away. California, because of their idiotic policies is having a mass exodus to much better regions of the United States.

 

I mostly read stupid things here, you and your ilk are a bastion of such.

 

Be that as it may, who walked?

 

Not only is this stupid, but less descriptive/accurate. We have millions of words at our disposal, and each has their own meanings. How stupid to switch out an appropriate descriptive word with a vague generic 'feel good' word.

 

More idiotic left wing speech control.

 

Wait...so you think it's okay (and even funny) to mistreat prisoners, but you are all on board with coming up with a friendlier euphemism for referring to them? Mistreat then all you want hahahaha, but let's call them students and not prisoners so we don't hurt their feelings......???

Are you a poster child for the new Democrat Party or what.....

 

Oh my that's funny.
I'm not a democrat.
The inmates are no part of the population that they want to come across as more professional to. The public is.
And yes I think it's funny as he'll the way gards treat and speak to them, as long as they don't cross the line themselves

 

Did I stutter?

The victimization is changing it in the first place. Its your people that are butt hurt by common descriptions or they wouldn't feel the need to change it at all.

Try again.

 

I'm not going to try anything again because you can't wrap your head around the simplest ov answers. I'm not the one who cares you are.

 

The politically correct final scene in 'Casablanca' ... "Round up all the usual community members".

Libs ruin everything.

 

'Your side' decided "suspect" should be replaced with "community member" and "prisoner" should be replaced with "student". The rest of us think that's stupid. But you think it's us who are silly to care, when we think your side was silly to have cared enough to want the terminology changed in the first place.

 

I didn't know that they are my side. I give them back, you keep em.
I never said it wasn't stupid, it is stupid. But it's simple to understand, well not for you

 

Then perhaps we agree after all.

I don't want the social justice snowflakes either though LOL, you keep them!

 

I'm surrounded by them all the time, can't ya just help out with a few....please