No thanks, couldn't pay be enough to be a cop. No way....
My sentiments exactly. Joseph Wambaugh spoke of the "thin blue line" of police separating civilized society from barbarism. I'm definitely getting the impression that people either don't understand or have forgotten what life under siege from violent criminals is like, and hence don't understand what cops are for, what they do, or what risks they face. I'm also getting the impression that they're plenty of people out there who for whatever reason have "issues" with cops, and dislike them instinctually. Either way, not a hell of a lot of incentive anymore for people to become cops or to stay cops.
When a policeman himself acts like a barbarian, then how can he truly protect civilization?