[quote=outtamojo]Yes we all have feelings and judgment but as professionals, we should be…professional.[/quote]
i dont’ even know what the word “professional” means.
really good at?
specific licensing requirements?
oversight by governing body of similar professionals?
certainly their profession is not governed by us and
does not significantly penalize roughing up suspects under most circumstances when they dont die.
you have to really screw up. if you want more professional behavior, you need way more accountability, way more fear from the cops amongst each other and their employer. That’s just not the culture.
we dont control the police. they control us. I’m not sure what it would really take to change their culture. Probably the only thing that would possibly work is financial pressure through litigation that would eventually cause them to lose funding.
but that’s not an avenue the courts will allow.
for now, they a re their own profession with their own code of conduct and they dont’ particualrly have to answer to me or you. or anyone, really.
