The eagerness of police leadership to jump from criminal deterrence, their primary mission...into the realm of political enforcement is too blatant and obvious to ignore. The rank and file as usual will protect the pension and paycheck, last thing any of them want to do is go out and get a real job where you could possibly get dirt on your hands or clothes or show a quantifiable result at the end of the day. You cop boosters can claim they are 'serving the public'...'heroes' etc. but in my local experience, we have known these people since high school..and they have spent their lives avoiding work. They won't go logging, they won't work construction,they won't go into a trade, they won't take a highway job....they will uproot their families and move 3 states away to get another cop job.
