Why do we bother?

[Vuk]

Now its my turn to laugh. No offense, but that statistic you pulled out of your rear end is ridiculous. Id say the cops that are truly commited to "Protect and serve" are few and far between.

When you mentioned the russian police, it reminded me of something. This funny video where a big drug deal was going down with the red mafia. The russian cops pop out of the bushes, and the gangsters go straight to the ground voluntarily.

I was not using the figure as a statistic, but as a hyperbole. I thought that would have been obvious, but I guess I was wrong. I have had experience with police men and women from many different states since I was a small child (my dad did work related to the police, and I often accompanied him on his work, and became involved in the justice system in some small ways myself since a young age), so I have had a pretty good chance to see first hand. Many of my families best friends are or have been in the police force. I have had police barricade themselves inside my house in the middle of the day when they were trying to stop my crazy neighbor from murdering his family. I have had lots of personal experience with the justice system myself in many ways. I say this to point out that I probably have known more policemen and women in one year of my life than you have in your entire life, and my experience has been a lot richer. Sure, I have gotten bum deals from a policeman (a Statey (all the jerks become Stateys :P) gave me a citation for going off the road in ridiculous Wisconsin winter weather, then the courts me over when I tried to contest it), there are bad people everywhere, and the justice system is no different. From my experience though, the people who serve in the justice system are USUALLY quite a cut above the common person. They are people who really would give their lives for others, people who care about justice, and people who care about the common citizen. Of the all the policemen I have known, I have only known two who I would classify as bad apples. The thing is that you never hear about when the tens of thousands of policemen across the nation daily put their lives on the line to protect and serve. A policeman doing his job and making his community and country a better place does not make headlines, a policeman who abuses his power does. Naturally most things you read on the police are going to be negative, as that is what people are interested in. No one wants to hear the millions of possible stories on tens of thousands of policemen and women serving their country, they want to hear about the exceptions, they want to hear about the bad cops.
Your statement about good cops being few and far between makes me wonder, what do you base that on? Do you base that statement on what you read about the police and the accounts you have heard of others who think that they were wronged by them, or do you base it on your own experience? How extensive is your experience with police men and women, and what about makes you say that?