ABikerSailor
Diamond Member
Police have tough job. It's good we can investigate corrupt cops or just inept or incompetent police officers. But this constant scrutiny on ALL cops, and that they should act in a superhuman prescient manor and be held to such a high standard we can't realistically expect from ANY HUMAN BEING...has a really negative side effect. Lets apply this same standard across the board, to social activist, politicians or the media.
You know, I spent over 20 years of my life in the military, and I can tell you that everyone was held accountable, and we were held to high standards. Interestingly enough, everyone knew that if you screwed up, you could be kicked out and never be allowed to join any branch of the military ever again.
Apparently, cops don't have to meet the same standards as the military, and nobody is really held accountable. But, that is because the police have something that the military doesn't..................police unions and organizations that will defend the police at all costs.
Here's an idea....................why not make becoming a police officer a bit more difficult than just passing the academy? In the military, we have to meet certain physical and mental standards, as well as make it through boot camp. And, we are constantly having our performance evaluated.
Why can't we hold the police to the same standards as the military? Or at least make them as accountable as we make the military. I know that when I was on Security Force, and if I did half the crap that some of these police officers did, I would have been courts martialed, sent to do brig time, and then kicked out, never to return.
What happens when a cop kills someone by "accident"? Nothing. There is a grand jury hearing, usually letting the cop off. If the officer is fired, they are able to go to another town and apply to be a police officer again, even if what they did was bad enough to get them fired from their last post. In the military, if they kick you out, you get what is called an RE-4 code (RE standing for reenlistment, and 4 meaning you can never join any branch of the military ever again). Why is it that a police officer can be fired for abuse of authority and then go get another police job a couple of towns over? Personally, if they get fired from the force, that should kill their chance of ever being in law enforcement again.