Sooner or later, these badged punks will shoot one dog too many and may find themselves facing down enraged mobs. It’s a shame that decent police officers will also find themselves embroiled in the mess to come.
Not likely. But it does contribute to a breakdown in the relationship between police officers and the citizenry.
What would likely happen, in the end, is that the police could need the assistence of the publics on something, or an overwhelmed officer could find himself in trouble and they’d find nobody willing to intervene.
I prefer the anonymous retaliation to the enraged mob. Personal preference.