I would not want their job but I increasingly don’t trust cops. I believe they are being taught to distance themselves from treating the public like people and more like animals to be controlled.
The cops are so spooked that a traffic stop can turn out to be a life ending experience.
Frankly, it is feeling like we live in a police state. On the roads I travel there are not too few but too many cops and they all seem to be looking for someone to hassle. The more normal and innocent the better. No need to deal with the felons, hit on someone easy.
That's been the case for a long time. "Us and them." The thin blue line.
That is exactly my thought of cops. I didn’t used to think of cops this way until now. Now, they look for the easy target for revenue so they can keep their job.
“Frankly, it is feeling like we live in a police state. On the roads I travel there are not too few but too many cops and they all seem to be looking for someone to hassle.”
It is the same where I live. Cops everywhere. I can’t go to and from the office, about 20 mins from my home, without seeing minimum 4 or more cruisers. More often than not, they have someone pulled over. They circle like sharks and swarm like bees at the hint of an infraction.
If I lived in an inner city ghetto, I would likely be grateful, but they won’t go there. It’s too risky for them. Where I live, about the worst annual offense is shoplifting at Walmart. Then there is speeding and tag lights out. Of course, there is the occasional illegal drug bust. But, 99% of LE in my community is focussed on traffic violations. I don’t know how they afford so many cruisers and patrol officers, much less justify it.