Unfortunately, many people who call themselves "law-and-order conservatives" fail to recognize that the first and foremost requirement for true and lasting "law and order" is a government whose level of obedience to the law is greater than what it demands of the citizenry. If a person employed as a police officer were to break into 744 Evergreen Terrace and accost the occupants thereof while holding a warrant for 742 Evergreen Terrace, such a person would be a robber and should be regarded as such. I would posit that those who who would decline to prosecute such a person because of his employment are not really "law-and-order" conservatives, because failure to prosecute such robbers favors neither law nor order, and allowing people to escape the consequences of their actions is not conservative.
I agree wholeheartedly. Unfortunately, most people cannot see beyond their own desire, and trust that those who wield power are magically immune to its corrupting influence. They are content to weave the rope used to hang themselves.