I think the police should be kept on a very short leash. If they were, I don’t think their jobs would be so dangerous. The police can do the arresting, let the people protect themselves. But what we have now is the “civilian “ police force going around in tanks, APCs, helicopters, wearing military style gear, grenades, assault weapons. Not to mention they’re union and prone to corruption. Racketeering backed by deadly force. Real nice. It’s unnecessary escalation of force on the street that is becoming out of control.
“It’s unnecessary escalation of force on the street that is becoming out of control.”
And the routine violation of the laws they are supposed to be enforcing. In a sense, by so doing, they make their own jobs more difficult because they are not respected. Example: I was returning home about midnight a couple of months back. I was just a couple of miles beyond the local CHP office when I noticed two vehicles (notably not displaying any warning devices) coming up on me at an extremely high rate of speed (I mean something on the order of 120 mph). And sure enough, it was two CHP Crown Vics traveling at speeds that would get a citizen thrown in jail! Where were they going in such a hurry? Well about ten miles later, there they both were with their lights flashing, sitting on a night construction project. I guess they were just late for the “shift change.”