[Publius Valerius]

If there were twenty drug dealers in your neighborhood, wouldn't you want them gone?

Yes, maybe so, but at what price? In its recent decision regarding no-knock warrants, Justice Scalia opined that police departments were "more professional" than they were in the 1960s. I'm just really not sure that's the case, and I think that something like this is a good example. Police departments are certainly more militaristic, but I'm not sure that equates with professional.

I'm seeing how police departments are evolving, and I'm not sure that I like it at all.

[rogue yam]

Yes, maybe so, but at what price?

Well, let's see. Twenty accused felons arrested and three pit bulls shot. That works out to about seven felons per dog. Is that too expensive for you? Not for me, but of course preferences vary.

[metesky]

In its recent decision regarding no-knock warrants, Justice Scalia opined that police departments were "more professional" than they were in the 1960s.

Now they all have Associates Degrees in Crimbinal Justice from Falling Leaves Junior College so they be a lot smarter.