Quote of the day

[stevekennedy]

"Cops on every level soon develop a social armor that separates them from the civilian world as effectively as it shields them and the inevitable scars that come with the job"
- Doc Ford in Randy Wayne White's "Dead Silence"

Comments

[cakmpls]

Yes, and I think that's a big problem. Seeing the world as "us" and "them" can--and in my opinion, often does--lead to cops seeing even their abusive fellow officers as "us" and even law-abiding citizens as "them," rather than seeing people who do harm to others as "them" and people who don't as "us."