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Originally Posted by DesertCamaro
Seems every other day somebody posts a thread about what a cop should or shouldn't be doing, as if you were the one to judge based off of what you see/hear in the news. Pathetic.
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Unfortunately, it seems like every other day there is a story about some stupid cop doing something blatantly wrong. Welcome to the digital world. There have been crappy cops since forever, but now more and more people are able to have proof to call them out on their BS. And why not? Cops SHOULD be held to a higher standard. They are, after all, given special privileges and exemptions to perform their duties.
There are good, honest, hardworking cops making sacrifices for their duty. Nobody denies that. But when the people that are supposed to protect you are being shown in this light more and more often, we SHOULD be judging them. We do it with politicians (not on this board of course because of the rules). We do it with military. We do it with crappy doctors. Why not cops?
Maybe the bigger issue is that more cops are seeing their profession as "just a job". I can't tell you the last time I saw a story about a cop, or talked to a cop where I felt that individual was actually on the side of the people they are supposed to serve and protect. And that mentality appears to be coming from above the individual. The police force appears to be influenced more and more by the fear-breeding media, and politicians. And that's about where my opinion has to end, before it breaks some rules...