As I get older, I find that nothing works the way we were taught in Civics class. It’s all about politics, funding, taxation, etc. The cops on the beat do whatever they are rewarded for. Pretty much, everyone does. Do they get rewarded for protecting people or writing tickets? Everyone in office in Leon County, Florida, is a Democrat. Even if someone down the power pyramid wanted to do something like what we think their job should be, what is it they are instructed to do by those above? A top-level officer in the Florida Highway Patrol was fired for sending out a general email saying, in essence, “We need revenue. Get out there and write more tickets.” Someone sent it to the media, and they fired him, but a former Highway Patrol officer at the gym laughed and said that had been the general instruction they lived by for the final ten years of his employment. This guy had just been stupidly non-political enough to put in writing. We have the best government money can buy. At every level.
I used to trust our government, not realizing how many dark things happen in the background up there. Since Trump tried to fix our country, much of what has been in the swamp has surfaced. What adds to the discouragement is how the tentacles of corruption have spread to many local governments. We can’t even be assured that our elections are legitimate so we can vote the bums out.