[Gargantua]

"I asked: "Would you rather that a cop gets shot?"

I asked: "Aren't police officers there to protect you from crime?"

Actually, cops can only try to apprehend and prosecute a criminal after a crime has been committed, and they'll only do that with 2 pre-existing conditions:

1. That they actually find the real perp.

2. That it isn't another cop who committed the crime.

;-/

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

The moto is "protect and serve." They protect us from criminals by arresting people who commit crimes.

[IMHO]

HEAR HEAR!!! I kinda think of cops as a cross between janitors and tax collectors - they screw you out of money and mop up blood.

I have yet to be saved by one.