The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.
- Robert Peel
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Ten million dollars buys you a lot of police misconduct:
Above: Ferguson police spent the evening dropping tear gas containers on reporters to keep news of police repression from getting out.
The government is finally moving the legal system into the 21st
century, with wiki-based laws. The idea is that the people
are
the customer, and the customer should have a say in the rules.
This is, oddly, a government-sponsored revolution.
Police had cornered a murder suspect. There were negotiations and there was exchange of gunfire.
^^ I can agree with that, but, I bags you get to explain it to the cops if we get pulled over.
Great quote. Have to admit it reminds me of the general message in Pratchett's Discworld when he talking about recruiting the police, etc., to some extent. Would at all surprise me if it's inspired partly by that quote.