[Alberta's Child]

Under our system of government, the police are not tasked with protecting the citizenry. They’re not armed security officers.

The job of the police is to protect accused criminals — by taking them into custody and ensuring that they are subject to proper trials under the law.

This country was founded by men who didn’t need police to protect them … but recognized that having accused criminals tried by a jury was preferable to hunting them down and killing them with no due process.

[metmom]

Good point.