I'm not in Law Enforcement. I pay taxes in order to have other people hired to enforce the Law. I certainly don't consider Citizens that report crimes in progress to be "rats." Your use of the term "rat" makes you sound like one of the lawless/Anarchist mentality.
Hypocrite.
Ah, yes! Your argument fails on an intellectual basis, so you have to resort to name calling. Okay, I'll play too- You bleeding heart, Liberal, thug-hugger!!!
In case you didn't notice I'm getting flamed here! Don't be such a damned crybaby!!