You seem like a real asset to the manly race of heroes and protectors.
Let me try again,
Before affirmative action, cops had to pass intelligence tests, and be large men.
Cops were expected to save most people, (dads, sons, husbands, workers, customers, citizens of our community) from themselves and whatever goofiness they were doing at the time, they may be drunk or confused, or angry, or whatever, but the cop was expected to diffuse the problem, with some risk to himself if needed, not identify who the guy causing the noise was, and then gun him down.