In his Distinguished Lecture for the Academy for Justice,Are Police the Key to Public Safety?: The Case of the Unhoused, Barry Friedman contends that America needs to rethink the meaning of “public safety.” Guaranteeing public safety is arguably the most foundational responsibility of government. Yet a too narrow understanding of what public safety requires may be at the root of our country’s overreliance on police to handle tasks for which they are ill suited. Through the lens of police interactions with the chronically homeless, Friedman suggests that a broader conception of public safety would include affirmatively providing for citizens and would better account for the safety trade-offs entailed in police deployments.

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确保作为公共安全的尊严

巴里弗里德曼在他为司法学院的杰出演讲中，警察是公共安全的关键吗？保障公共安全可以说是政府最基本的责任。然而，对公共安全要求的理解过于狭隘，可能是我国过度依赖警察来处理他们不适合的任务的根源。通过警察与长期无家可归者互动的镜头，弗里德曼建议，更广泛的公共安全概念将包括为公民提供肯定的服务，并更好地考虑警察部署中的安全权衡。