Time for them to retire; find another way to make a living. The instant they forget that they are PUBLIC SERVANTS, they become unworthy of the uniform and dangerous to a free society.
I've seen it, too, in some friends who are cops or retired cops. In a non-state, free enterprise job, the "professional" who becomes jaded and cynical with regard to his clients, ENDS UP GOING BROKE and has to find a new line of work. In Civil Service, however, the jaded cynical "professionals" stay on the job and get sympathy from the likes of Secret Agent Man.
Time for them to retire; find another way to make a living. The instant they forget that they are PUBLIC SERVANTS, they become unworthy of the uniform and dangerous to a free society.
Exactly right! Cops that "jaded" or that power-trippy, are liabilities to the folks they supposedly serve. They have no more business being cops than convicted child molesters have being teachers or counselors in elementary schools.