There are police officers who go above and beyond to help the innocent.
And there are police officers who go above and beyond to abuse the innocent.
How many of the latter are there? I’d estimate maybe 10% of all officers. That’s 9.99% too much. And because those 10% are rarely disciplined, the public’s confidence in the police erodes.
That’s a bad thing all around.
Can’t attract enough good people to be cops, so you have to take what you can get.
“How many of the latter are there? I’d estimate maybe 10% of all officers. That’s 9.99% too much. And because those 10% are rarely disciplined, the public’s confidence in the police erodes.”
I would agree with that
About 40 years a good friend of mine was the Police in Jefferson county, Kentucky the county that includes Louisville, Kentucky. He told me about 50% of his force were bad cops and he couldn’t do anything about it except get rid of them when they were caught as bad actors. I was stunned at the percentage and he told me again that the good cops would give their lives for you but the bad ones were taking advantage of women in traffic stops and taking bribes and stealing drug money from drug trafficker’s, sad.