Then there’s the flip side of that same coin: abusive bullying by some officers that turns the public sour on the entire force.
Officer Friendly is becoming rarer. Officers Get, Onthe, and Ground seem to be proliferating.
I don’t know what the answer is, but something is going to break, with radically violent perps and authoritarian jackbooted thugs both causing issues for the public.
It’s not going to be good for anybody.
I saw a lot of Officer Standdowns sitting on their
hands when Trump supporters were being set upon.