[cripplecreek]

Police are not automatic fiends. They too can choose whether to be wise or foolish.

Exactly. The fact that they have been operating with zero discipline for years didn't help.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Flush times brought unions and with them, the ability to hide from discipline. And so police became mediocre at best. Gone was the Officer Friendly of old.

Privations have forced some sense on the situation.