It’s only going to get worse.
I was raised in a family full of LEOs.
I was taught very early that they were the ones to seek out ~first~, if I were ever lost or frightened, as a child.
In a mere 49 years, I’ve developed a healthy suspicion of them, some of it based on personal observation, a bit of based on personal experience.
There are a lot of really “bad” cops, these days.
They’re definitely not the “blue knights is shining armor” I knew as a kid/young adult.
This depresses me.
I have found that there are very few situations that inviting the cops can’t make worse.
I keep telling people, unless your being attacked by hordes of AIDs infected cannibals, DO NOT CALL THE COPS.
Leave the cop calling to the shut-ins and old ladies that need babysitting.
“There are very few situations that can’t be made worse by the addition of a cop” has become the operative way to view things these days. Sad, really.