Some do their job within the law. Some are jerks.Lozzer wrote:The police are possibility the most resented bunch of public servicemen in modern times. To the press and layman, they seem to be incapable of doing anything right. They're hated when they're doing something right, and then they're despised when they do something wrong. They can't do anything without being criticized.
My friends are always telling me of their encounters with the police, none of them positive experiences. I've been out in town before and I've been taken aside and told not to look at the officers in the eye. I've heard stories of beatings, interferences and other abuses of the law said officials have taken. I'm not sure what to believe, if only because my father is a police officer. I consider them an necessary tool of the state, and vital observers in keeping order. They have a job to do.
I've never been afraid of the police, not in the least.Lozzer wrote:
And yet, everyone is terrified of them. I'm torn between what I've been told, and what I know. Why is the public perception of police officers so negative? In most instances where someone has complained to me about police corruption, they've proceeded to snort Cocaine or to get rowdy in a pub.
In the US, the public perception of police, I think, is generally positive.
I've run into some stupid ones, but generally if one behaves in a reasonable, respectful fashion, one is treated accordingly.
