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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, October 02 2012 @ 10:38 PM EDT |
A police officer holds a unique position in a liberal society, requiring a high
degree of personal integrity.
Being charged by the public to carry weapons and uphold order is for the
protection of society at large.
Police officers are human beings and as such have personal opinions and
sympathies, but as professional law enforcement agents, these opinions and
sympathies have no place in the discharge of their duties.
Moreover, being very manifest symbols of authority, it is fundamental that
officers gain and maintain the public's trust; the alternative is vigilantism
and might is right anarchy.
There are literally thousands of police officers, who daily risk their lives and
faithfully serve the public. They are unsung heroes and deserve the trust put in
them.
Unfortunately, there are people on the force who are incapable of handling the
power given them and for whom a badge is a license to employ unmeasured force.
People like this do not belong behind a badge and a gun.
For an incident like the one discussed here, where an officer goes way beyond
reasonable, it is a clear case of leadership failure for his superiors to not
bring disciplinary action and send a clear message on the need for officers to
exercise sound judgement and act professionally. By not doing this, the
leadership endangers the social order and do damage to the public's trust in
their police force.
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