okay you are getting upset, we will leave this as that. You should really go do a ride along and confirm or deny those statements you made about a job which you have never done.
and I agree with your last St statement. If you come across as asshole to everyone, you probably are being one. The thing is, how do you know these officers are coming across as asshole to everyone. Have you done a study with people he or she interacted with?
anyways, seriously, do a ride along. If you truly want to have an unbiased, objective understanding of something, you should study both side and ride along with be a fantastic way to start that.
dude, i come from a LEO family. retired HPD officers. firefighters. I know what I'm talking about. i even considered becoming one myself on more than one occasion. I'm not unbiased and neither are you so drop that act like you are. I'm biased towards justice and since I have a keen sense of what that entails I know justice isn't what FEELS safe or FEELS good all the time. it is not subject to whim or something as wispy as man's moral compass.
i see this ride along bullshit from time to time. you've suggested it more than once. that suggestion tells me you haven't listened to a single word i've said because if you had you'd have noticed that my entire complaint is a series of issues with the entire system that police officers could resolve from the ground up if they had the courage to do it. and i admit that would be terrifying to go up against the blue line which is why i said that would require one have courage. a lot of it.
but most, like you, don't.
I'm not getting upset I'm giving you some advice.
so, here it is plainly:
you need to listen to where people are coming from more than you tell them where to go.