Posted on 06/12/2007 7:23:17 AM PDT by oakcon
Looking at all the responses here, it appears a significant element of the general public, or conservative element thereof, no longer has faith in government’s ability to provide public safety.
And I share the same feelings; there are local communities that are so over-policed I would not want a flat tire there. I’ll get 4 cop cars to pull up, and none of the officers would look to dirty their hands helping change the tire. They’d just try to use it as an excuse to search my car.
This ain’t good.
Community relations are a two way street.
Encouraging the community to hate the entire law enforcement establishment doesn’t make bad cops any better, it just makes things rougher for the good cops who don’t see you as the enemy - and drives that many more of them out of the field for someone worse to take their place.
The only answer is that they are dirty themselves.
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