You wrote: “They are everywhere. I’ve always found it comforting”
Seriously?
I find it uncomfortable. Armed city employees, Union Thugs, the personal strong arm of politicians? Seriously? A code book so big that no one person has ever read it? Wide discretionary powers? Comforting?
It’s because people vote that “feeling” that we are in the predicament we are in.
We don’t need escorts, we don’t need big brother. Buy a handgun. Learn how to use it and fire these Union clowns. Take on some personal risk and responsibility. Don’t outsource your peace of mind or security. It is really really dangerous to do that.
Agreed. What little police presence we should EVER have is to have an ELECTED sheriff and his sworn deputies.
What cop defenders ignore is that the very situation of having police authority is corruptive at it’s fundamental level. Do away with ALL municipal police departments, and police unions (They should be subject to firing after each county election in any event). The entire system is corrupt, but once we start removing their rat holes to hide in to avoid accountability, and start executing them for murder, that will weed out those interested in getting a rush, from those who want to serve and protect.