[quote=sdrealtor]My point exactly! I dont beleive for a second that they are any worse the any one else. The point is that they arent any better either. This hogwash of super stringent hiring and training that selects of the only the best, brighest and most ethical is the point fo contention. They are humans just like the rest of us.[/quote]

You have a right to demand higher standards considering the level of responsibility and training that is given to them. I believe the public agencies go cheap on the psychologists and end up with low bid people. Low bid is not the way to go for cops. I am not sure what tests the firefighters use to screen their folks, but at one time they did not even screen them as stringently as law enforcement and that is a big mistake (IMHO).