Who will protect the public when the police violate the law?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The police cannot protect the citizen at this stage of our development, and they cannot even protect themselves in many cases. It is up to the private citizen to protect himself and his family, and this is not only acceptable, but mandatory.
Our officers are on the front lines - the first to show up on the scene of a crime. They should be respected; not ridiculed. They and their families protected; not put at risk.
When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe.
In almost all cases now the police are as much an enemy as the others.
In my neighborhood... they view the police as someone who comes to take their loved ones away.
Let's stop pretending we can arrest our way to safety and security. Despite all the fine work that policemen and women do, we have got to find other solutions to deter crime.
I believe that most police are conscientious and want only to provide safety for us.
The police protect us, and we're going to protect the police.
The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.
The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.