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Originally Posted by Jel
nobody becomes a cop for the pay. Certain types of people become cops, the same way certain types of people become nurses. The #1 problem with cops is the (90% of the time) type of person that wants to be one. Obviously though, society needs these people to be like that to become cops in the first place, so it's a trade-off.
Cameras would be a huge step forward, and could easily be funded if powers that be chose to do so. That's a whole other debate though so I won't go into that  |
Of the cops I know there seem to be four different types of people that become cops.
1. Family business. Dad or uncle or grandpa or someone in the family was a cop so a person grew up around it, respects it and follows in their footsteps.
2. Sense of duty. These can be ex-military people or just people who really want to help make their city/community a better place to live and help people.
3. It's a good job. These are people who decide to look into law enforcement because once you get hired so long as you don't screw up too bad you will have lifelong job security if you want it.
4. Cowboy. These are the people who have inferiority complexes or other issues or they just like the idea of having power over people. They think they are a badass and want a job where they can bully people.
Most of them don't go into it for the money, you are correct. The problem is that you get people that go into it for the wrong reasons and they end up being scared on the job. The ones that are scared are the ones that end up shooting people. Bully cops would rather punch you in the face than shoot you. Scare cops shoot you because they are afraid you are going to punch them. If they paid more then they might get a larger candidate pool to choose from and they could better weed out the lesser desirable candidates.
Of all the cops I know the good cops have no problem with the idea of wearing a camera and welcome it. The bullies and the shitty ones are the ones that don't want it.