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Brilliant post, redgolum.
I concur with everything you wrote.

The struggle is some of us are old enough to recall relationships with Officer Friendly from the time of our youth.
The new brand of shaved-head, bloused-BDU, steroided, and tattooed LEO is absolutely *not* the same person we recall from decades ago.
Heck, even an engaging "Hello" in a local coffee shop or while walking around Smalltown, USA is met with a disbelieving scowl.

I continue to be very pro-police yet they have a very significant public relations issue they need to tackle.
The episode I described in Post# 36 is what convinced me to adopt the behavior you outlined above. Yours is a great post Freepers would be wise too heed.