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"However, we have to give cops the tools to do what we task them to do. We have then to hold them to a high standard for how they use those tools."

I am generally very supportive of police. In most situations, if it's the cop's word against the suspect's, I'm looking over the evidence to see where the 'suspect' made the mistake that's going to get him convicted. However, because of this inherent trust I have for police, I do also hold them to a very high standard and I tend to come down extremely hard when they make a mistake or make an on-purpose mistake (obviously more so for the latter). I think you give the police the tools they want which don't have high potential for abuse and which flow from the teachings of the Constitution, and if that's not enough to catch certain criminals than my response is simply that it'll have to do. You'll never see me berate a cop who didn't get a bad guy because of laws in place that prevented him from doing so. At the same time, you won't necessarily see me berate the law that prevented him from getting that bad guy. As I'm sure any cop knows, there are times where doing things the right way means that the criminals win that round.

And I have nothing but the highest respect for a police officer who goes out there every day doing their job the way it's supposed to be done.