# Fucking cops...

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 23, 2008, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-cops/474087 "2008-11-23T08:05:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-cops/474087/31 "2008-11-23T17:04:49Z")

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> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#):
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> So now I am leery of my local law enforcement. This is a bad place for me to be. How can I trust the people empowered to protect me when I can no longer be sure that they have the maturity and self-control to do so?

Welcome to the club.

I have a lot of respect for good cops, and i think the job that police are asked to do is a difficult and dangerous one. My stepfather is a retired cop, and i respect him and his sense of duty a lot.

But the profession does attract more than its fair share of permanent juveniles, douchebags, and plain old bullies.

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