[Bookshelf]

With the overthrow of the Kerensky government in Russia, followed by the Communist take-over, the Okhrana (basically the Tsarist secret police) went over in mass to the Communists. Conclusion: Don’t look for moral or ethical conduct from your police force. The police only want to be paid.

[Leaning Right]

> The police only want to be paid. <

I get that many cops are in the profession for all the right reasons. But as you noted, some are in it for the money. Those cops don’t worry me as much as those who are in it for the power trip.

[Fiji Hill]

With the overthrow of the Kerensky government in Russia, followed by the Communist take-over, the Okhrana (basically the Tsarist secret police) went over in mass to the Communists. Conclusion: Don’t look for moral or ethical conduct from your police force. The police only want to be paid.

Members of Hitler's Gestapo later joined the East German Stasi.