[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Making excuses for pitiful police work due to a misplaced sense of patriotism is a terrible thing to do. The situation will never improve if you try to brush it under the rug. Policing is a hard job but one that comes with a lot of power and if someone can't handle that due to stress or general misuse of power then they don't deserve to be an officer, especially in a place like America where all officers carry guns.

Poor police work should never be accepted or tolerated because when the police screw up lives can be lost.

how is it patriotism? the police have nothing to do with America as a country. police forces are very localized in the US, none of them are hired by the federal government.

I certainly agree that we need better cops, but if better people, noble people, intellectual people are not wiling to be cops, then what do you do?

Why aren't better people applying to be cops? We need police, we need people willing to run into dangerous situations, but if smarter people are not willing to take on that job, then what do you do?

Unfortunately you are expecting intelligent, high-minded people to apply for police jobs, and thats just not going to happen. Smart people don't want to be cops. (and i don't blame them)