You are right.
Law enforcement today is not the organization of peace officers of your daddy’so day.
There are still many fine officers out there and this is not directed at them.
But too many cops today have an attitude problem and I believe it comes from above - from the academies and from Washington.
Too maNY cops act like an occupying paramilitary forcer of
union thugs. An army which abuses citizens, ignores constitutional rights, employs excessive force, and collides in covering up the most egregious crimes against the public.
Solution?
1. Civilian review boards.
2. Civilian monitors in each and every police academy drawn from voluteers.
3. Replacement of police chiefs with civilian directors of public safety.
4.Residency requirements.
5. Cops who reflect the ethnic background of the communities they serve.
6.A MASSIVE reduction in SWAT teams - if we NEED a National Guard, we HAVE one - made of citizen soldiers.
7. END the OBSCENITY of police unions (and ALL civil service unions for that matter.)
The average cop in Areas like Ferguson or St Louis makes about 45 thousand.
What kind of officer does that draw ?