If I was to take the argument in the direction you are, then I would add that the public has always requested the presence of LEO's....
It wasn't forced, it was requested.
So, when you're driving down the highway and suddenly notice a police car in your rear view mirror, are you more likely to be filled with the warm and fuzzies or to suddenly feel a little apprehensive?
I don't blame the cop for that. I immediately look at my spedometer to see that I'm not breaking any laws. When I'm not, then I relax and am glad that he's there.
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." - John Adams
