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Sundae · 12-28-2006, 10:12 AM

Hmmmm. I have no doubt there are bad police officers, in the same way there are bad soldiers. Human nature dictates that the wrong people will be drawn to professions where they can mis-use power.

But the vast majority?

My Mum worked for the police for over 15 years - my experience of the police is of hard working, dedicated and reasonably fair-minded people - bearing in mind they deal with the dregs of society. They were all to the right of me politically speaking, but I rarely hold that against anyone, especially if they are the people I would turn to if I was attacked, raped, burgled etc.

(This does refer specifically to British police - I didn't want to enter the discussion when it referred to American or Australian cops as I have no personal experience with them)

12-28-2006, 10:12 AM	#41
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Hmmmm. I have no doubt there are bad police officers, in the same way there are bad soldiers. Human nature dictates that the wrong people will be drawn to professions where they can mis-use power. But the vast majority? My Mum worked for the police for over 15 years - my experience of the police is of hard working, dedicated and reasonably fair-minded people - bearing in mind they deal with the dregs of society. They were all to the right of me politically speaking, but I rarely hold that against anyone, especially if they are the people I would turn to if I was attacked, raped, burgled etc. (This does refer specifically to British police - I didn't want to enter the discussion when it referred to American or Australian cops as I have no personal experience with them) __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac