‘Abolish the Police,” protesters chant. One widely tweeted answer: “Almost every role in our community a police officer fills would be better handled by a social worker.” Yet consider an area in which social workers already tend to be the ones who enforce the law. Child-protection agencies routinely send social workers to respond to reports of abuse or neglect. These workers have little or no training in investigation. Their studies include a lot of information about racial sensitivity and cultural competency,...

Source: Wall Street Journal June 08, 2020 23:03 UTC