Reverse your statement and you would be more accurate. I have an idea, you or I can post a vanity asking whether FReepers agree with my statement or yours. I obviously believe that mine is the mainstream opinion. The next good cop I meet will be the second one in the last 20 years.
You know, cops are a relatively new phenomena. Before cops we had community policing. Let's discuss the need for cops, rather than if they are good or bad.
Sorry, your comment about one good cop in twenty years makes it impossible for me to take you serious.
You have no idea how many calls officers have, where nothing happens except a tense situation is made better.
You idea of community policing is nutty. What do you think police departments are?
The police chief answers to another leader in the community, and ultimately a person runs for office. They answer to the public.
Once again, if you open this up to communities, you have a power grab. One person in the community has power and everyone else answers to him. Since his group has the power, he can’t be removed.
You have feuds, running battles, essentially anarchy from day to day.