I think the guy has a point. People view LEO a lot differently than they did 30 years ago and it has an impact on how much people cooperate and respect them. Police themselves are to blame for a lot of this.
I think the consensual crime laws and their enforcement are a lot to blame. It's hard to respect the man who breaks down grandma and grandpa's door and puts them in the hospital because he wasn't sure where the informant said the drugs were (was in a thread a few days back).
This has far less to do with the police and far MORE to do with the damned hippies and Yippies and the SDSers, almost ALL of whose "leaders" were stinking Commies and WERE funded by the KGB.
Sadly, even some on FR ( THIS MEANS YOU! ), appear to not only be completely unaware of factual history, but have also swallowed the propaganda and are regurgitating here.