Taken as a whole, it does not speak well for the police, and it is, from my experience, very truthful. If you don’t believe me, try making a citizens complaint on a cop as I did. You will have the wrath of law enforcement descend upon you in a way that will give the impression that you are living in the Soviet Union. At the end of the day, they were more concerned about what my valid complaint might do to “harm the officer’s record.” It didn’t matter that he broke the very law he was sworn to uphold.
Well, there are bad apples in every barrel. Bad people in all occupations. Nothing unique here.
But I believe that most, if not the majority of officers do take their jobs responsibly and act in a professional manner. Same as with military folks who have taken an oath to support and defend the Constitution.