As a former police officer I have less trust for my former brethren than most of the public does. :) I know how the system really works.
That said, there are a lot of really honorable cops out there, but the ratio of human trash to stand-up heroes is a lot worse than most people (even the cop haters) probably think.
Thanks for the 4-1-1. I feel muuuuch better now. (Serious abuse of sarcasm.)
The problem is that the ration is increasing and the guns are bigger and they often come at you in masked brigades.
Why were those bad cops hired, or did the job turn good cops into bad cops?
I watched something at a local club that totally blew my mind.
There were city cops all over the place when we pulled in and we’re friends with the manager of the place so we hung around outside with him to see what was happening.
They dragged a screaming, cussing, punching maniac out by the scruff of his neck.
He’d just assaulted a waitress.
His buddies from the hotel across the street came running over and after a short confab with the LEOs, they _let him go_.
Turns out he was a cop in town for a convention.
And they just let him go.
OTOH, I had a wonderful time with the K9 handler who was doing security duty for the club that night.
He was a great guy who really enjoyed ‘talking dogs’.
I don’t think he was overly happy about his ‘fellow officer’ walking free....but he knew the score and said nothing.