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understand this. they don't only take the proscribed training courses, go through the same exams, and understand the same basic principles of the human psyche that you do, they actually get into a uniform every day and apply those skills. they have taken the responsibility to police the general public, to be the designated enforcers of the law... those responsibilities give them certain powers that ordinary citizens do not and should not have. if everyone took care of themselves and lived in a lawful, peaceful manner, there'd be no need for police, but the simple fact is that there's a huge segment of humanity that will always be pushing at the borders of the law, always challenging and trying to find ways around the law, and that's where these police derive their powers.
is that to say that there are police out there who abuse those powers? absolutely, but that isn't something that we can help. there will always be bad seeds, and sometimes those bad seeds find it's easier to hide behind the badge than from it. beyond those few, police do a job that no-one else would do. they enforce the laws and protect citizens from those who break them. it's really a shitty job, but they still do it. don't knock it.
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My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
- Thomas Paine
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