This is not to pick on you personally.
These were not ordinary civilians - They are CITIZENS.
The ordinary cops work for the citizens of this country, we don’t work for them.
It is time to remind the powers that be that there a two classes of people in this county, the military and civilians. Cops are just as much civilians as you and I and the military and the cops work for us.
Sam (a civilian and a veteran)
Right on, and you are right about your dog... Matter of fact, I’d say that holds true on just about every dog I’ve met—or owned.
I saw this terminology “civilians” creeping in during the 70s, didn’t like it then, don’t like it now. Cops are civilians, period.