I knew an old school cop who said that he could defuse 90% of bad situations by a bit of patience and politeness.
He made 30 years without having to shoot or compromise his duty.
“I knew an old school cop who said that he could defuse 90% of bad situations by a bit of patience and politeness.”
We need more old school cops.
The county sheriffs here are all local good ol’ boys.
They grew up in the mountains and never freak out over a barking yard dog.
The other LEO branches, not so much.
The “city cops” in the “big” town near here would just as soon shoot you as look at you.
The state troopers fall somewhere in between...really decent, local mellow guys and jacked-up out of town Rambos.
Even the DNR and park police carry guns now and are apparently paranoid as hell.