[IrishCatholic]

That's silly.

Prosecutors aren't connected to the departments. Usually, they are elected officials you vote for. They then hire their staffs of attorneys.

Sheriff's you vote for.

State and Feds you don't, but they actually spend much of their time on oversight for everyone else.

There are plenty of problems with corruption. There are Freepers here whose sole purpose is to post police corruption stories they hate cops so bad. But what is missing is the corruption comes to light by other cops catching the bad ones and prosecutors prosecuting them.

The main point, though, is that condemning ‘the majority’ of 800,000 people who we pay to protect us is the EXACT same mentality CODE PINK uses to condemn our military when a soldier commits a crime and is caught.

[eastforker]

people who we pay to protect us ......What a bunch of hooey that is. The police are not paid to protect us, they even say that's not their job. On top of that, when cops are prosecuted for corruption or exceeding authority, it is usualy only after one of us “civilians” have caught them in the act with proof.Why do you think many departments have little ID badges for the officers family members, it's so the family member can flash it when they get stopped for violating a law that us little people get citations and fines for. Just keep on lickin them boots. LEO’s protect them and their families, the rest of us, well, we are on our own.