Originally Posted by Socks

The same reason there always is. A cop's life is worth 1,000 citizens lives, and must be overprotected at all costs.

The strategies and tactics they're taught are overused in situations they're not needed in. They overreact to everything, as a strategy to get you to commit a crime you wouldn't otherwise commit.

It is my opinion that these strategies cause danger to the public. If they would respectfully and patiently resolve issues instead of being dickheads, more people would act better in these situations.

Obviously being in a situation with police causes an adrenaline rush, and police have an opportunity to be a calming and informative force in those situations. You'll often see on COPS etc after a crazy drama, the final thing the police will do is be nice and re-assuring, trying to calm the people down. They seem to only do this after yelling, threatening, being condescending, etc.

My dad's a cop, my sister's studying to be a cop, my best friend's dad is a cop, his mom did finger printing, I have a lot of cops in my life. I do have an understanding of what they have to go through, and how people don't give them these benefits either. However the police are supposed to be well trained, well paid, sober, and respectful. We're right in expecting a lot of them to represent the best of us. Surely, cops have to deal with some of the worst people, in their worst moments. When people are being outrageous, nobody has a problem with these tactics. I just think many times people are incited into greater crimes because of police strategies, causing danger to citizens.