I think as the number of people in power or positions of authority increases, the likelihood that those people will abuse their position increases. Police officers already have a code of silence to protect themselves. How does hiding the truth help to protect the public's interests whom they serve? I look forward to more public scrutiny of police officers that abuse their authority.
Please don't forget what happened in California when that soldier was shot after being told to get up. Police abuses happen all the time and I suspect often go unreported.
A little story that I have never made public. I was once driving through Oklahoma. I was very tired. I had a Class-A uniform in the back of the car hanging from a hook. An officer pulled me over. It sounded like he was asking me to get out of the car. The moment I stepped out he put a gun to my temple and cocked it. I immediately put my hands up and closed my eyes. He told me that he had said for me not to get out the car. I screamed that I was tired and did not hear that. He then told me to get into his car, in the passenger side. I did. He was in the driver side looking like he was filling out a report. I was shocked, I still remember shaking. He asked me questions like where I was going and where I was coming from. He told me he had dealt with people that wrapped themselves in piano wire so they wouldn't come apart when he shot them. He then told me never to go through Oklahoma again. At that point I was happy to agree with anything he had to say just to get away. After some minutes he told me I was free to go.
I was simply speaking of this particular case in point.
Please do not confuse that with my being unaware of corrupt and otherwise inefficient LEO's. I know you won't.
As it stands, I am presently dealing with a sheriff who refuses to reply to a registered letter, about a community juvenile problem, that I wrote to him over three weeks ago.
How dare you, a mere civilian, request an audience with me, the high sheriff! ;)
