Who could have imagined?

[GMDino]

The problem is that is is cyclical.

The police don't want to have a bad reputation so they cover stuff up.

People get mad about the cover up.

The police claim they can't do their job if people are mad at them.

Or

The police get a bad reputation from a few bad apples.

The people want some changes.

The police fight changes saying it means they can't "do their jobs".

Or

Good cops resign because the of the reputation they are getting from the bad cops.

Police end up hiring replacements that are not as good or not as well trained.

The new officers do things that give the police a bad reputation.

The cycles never end.

All professions get a bad rap sometimes.  Most of the time the members don't just rally together and say "Let us do things our way or we aren't doing it at all".

There has to be some give from both ends.  If the police are hiring bad people and covering up for them that needs exposed and there has to be clear air.

But then I've said for years around here that when you give someone the right to take you property, freedom and life as part of their job they SHOULD be scrutinized more.  And f they can't handle that they shouldn't do the job.

Somehow that makes me anti-cop to some of the more "liberal" minded around here.

Edit to share the ling from another thread about just how these cycles continue in one place...while we try and play the game of "how could this happen":

http://thebengalsboard.com/Thread-Good-Cop-Bad-Cop?pid=950659#pid950659