Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights

It's a dirty, nasty, dangerous, reprehensible, and completely thankless job.
A cop is surrounded by pain, misery, despair, anger, contempt and hatred from the time he saddles up at the beginning of his shift, to time he signs out at the end. He sees human beings at their absolute worst...every...single...day. Then...he gets to hear how cops are nothing but pieces of shit, enforcing their bullshit laws.

He is the first on scene to open the apartment door, of the old lady that noone's seen in a week...after someone complains about the smell. He's the first on scene when the guy down the street breaks his wife's jaw...for the third time this year. (maybe, just maybe, this time...she'll press the charges) He's the first one on scene to pull pieces of a little girl, that rode her bicycle into the street, out from under the car of the idiot that doesn't understand that 25mp...doesn't mean 40mph.

At best, he will see a well dressed middle class mother point him out to her 5 year old, and say; "See that Policeman? If you don't behave, he's going to take you away to jail.". (Way to instill trust in the uniform...Mom)

Are some assholes? Oh yeah...you bet. Some came in that way. Some get to be that way. Most can resist it, but all of them are affected by it. Maybe the next time you see a cop...rather than sneer at him, turn your nose up at him, or at best, ignore him...try buying him a cup of coffee. See what happens.