Ah...a cop bashing thread....we have several members here with family members in LE and one member whose brother died in the line of duty.
Like every profession there are good and bad people...
Must say I don't appreciate where this thread is going...
1. There is nothing about this thread that is bashing people who join a profession of their own free will. People are not pressed into police work.
2. Why don't you give a quick check to the FBI crime stats page. About 13,500 homicides 2012, I think it was. You know how many were LEOs? About 112. What's that as a percentage? .01 I think?
That's somebody with a gun on his hip, a vest around his chest and a radio for backup, knowing he's going into a hot situation. How is that situation going to work out for some poor bastard putting a key in his lock, turning the knob and walking in on methheads with nothing to lose?
3. The Law Enforcement industry is corrupt from the street on up. Where does John Q for recourse when the "boys in blue" have you in their sights for whatever wild hair crossed their asses?
4. It's easy to play the "wild-eyed, tattooed, gangbanger" card to juice up the fear in the law-abiding. Problem is, the law-abiding are the ones being squeezed in the middle of both kinds of criminals.
5. Keep hearing about the "few bad apples". There are reason why LEOs aren't cleaning out their own sheds?
Thanks.