[tbw2]

If they commit crimes wearing the badge, it makes citizens not only trust them less but trust them less than regular crooks and thieves. It is worse for someone to wear the uniform to commit a crime because it destroys all trust in the institution, for if they commit crimes, other cops are incompetent or willingly looking away or active criminals as well.

A guy who robs you is robbing you, but being robbed by someone in uniform is also lying and hypocritical. If the police are to see citizen cooperation, they must be more honest and honorable than the average citizen.

[DariusBane]

This is an institutional problem, not a one off “bad cop” problem. This stuff happens in big cities and small all over the Country. Yet people continue to ask for more and more intrusive laws to keep them safe.