10fords, I see your point and I do realize that I, much to my sadness, am a civilian just like the rest of you. But most police departments treat their officers like it was a military organization. We had to march into roll call, stand at attention for inspection, and live by rules that you would only find in the military. We could get "company punishment" or a "trial board', just like in the UCMJ. I went into the army in 1965 and joined the police department upon my discharge in 1967 and worked until 1998. Joining the civilian world was very difficult for me, Hell, I had to start paying for coffee and donuts!

I have a very difficult time with present day law enforcement. There are many, many good, honest and caring cops out there but there are also a lot of power hungry bozos too. I fault police departments around the country for lowering standards to attract certain groups of people to the job. Police bosses want to please the politicians that appoint them rather than serve the public.

That being said, I also fault society in general. People think "freedom" means being able to act the fool whenever they want to without any repercussions. I fault our insatiable appetite for alcohol and drugs for much of what goes on in society.

It was still a fun job, though. They gave me clothes, a gun and a Harley Davidson and said "go get 'em!" What's not to like????

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Dave
Pawleys Island, SC

'79 300CD