Personally, I could see how Law Enforcement could be fun if it were not for this insane War on Drugs. I just don’t see how we get people to even do it now. God Bless you for being one who will. Maybe you can address this but it seems to me that the way things are, the folks who are attracted to it may not be exactly the kind of folks you want doing it. Maybe, in some respects, that is part of the problem. I don’t mean to unintentionally offend in an area I don’t profess to know anything about. My contact with Law Enforcement has been zero and I would love to keep it that way.
If LEOs could go to work without living in fear of being shot be some recreational pharmaceutical dealer who would have to find something productive to do with his life were it not for the ludicrous profits illegal drugs produce we, perhaps, could attract a better group of candidates to do a less frightening job. Any profession improves if the quality of entrants improves and the risk/benefit gets better. That is the heart of conservatism. Seems to me that if improving the quality of police is a social goal the logical thing to do is stop the War on Drugs. No more gang banger, improved quality of police. Win, win.
Already happening. Law enforcement looks at what is worth pursuing and what is not. Ridiculous, petty bullshit gets the attentions it deserves. Sales of drugs to children gets a major focus. Meth, etc is a major problem.
Normal people smoking pot is not a problem. Sure, they terrorize a 7-11 snack aisle, but isn’t really a major problem.
Put the focus on the true problems, not the politically expedient wastes of time that target normal people.