2007-01-31 02:34:28 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
I don't know why they do. I don't. Maybe they want to believe that there is something safe and good that is protecting them. Dreamers I guess.
2007-01-31 02:41:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
There is no statistical evidence that police officers are as corrupt as criminals. In fact, if even one officer is not corrupt, and you assume (based on their conviction) that all criminals are corrupt, then your question is invalid.
Most police officers are not corrupt. They have a real interest in helping people, and upholding the laws of the town/city/state/country they live in.
The reason people respect a police officer is that we have to believe that the uniform and the badge stand for something. That the person wearing them is going to do the right thing based on the laws of the land. That they represent safety and security.
Besides, showing disrespect to the people that are supposed to be there to help you is not a good way to get them to help you.
2007-01-31 02:46:02 · answer #2 · answered by Garylian 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Lumping all police into that category is wrong. Not all police are corrupt, but some are. I have zero respect for officers that are corrupt; they should be shot just like the scum that they help.
2007-01-31 03:23:25 · answer #3 · answered by JEHLERS 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there are a few corrupted police officers everywhere but not all of them, they a carefully picked according to character. but i don't like them though, but i guess people feel that the police protect them from everything that's why they respect them
2007-01-31 02:48:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What makes you think that all police are corrupt?
Too much TV?
Most police officers are good, decent, and hardworking people; just like anyone else. They are actually held to a higher standard of behavior than other professions because of the authority that they carry. If you want to see how hard their job is, take a ride along for one night and see what they deal with. I did, and it totally changed my opinion.
2007-01-31 02:41:36 · answer #5 · answered by Yo, Teach! 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
because people need to believe there is justice in an unjust world. they tell themselves over and over like a mantra. Police are paid thugs for the corprate pirates. do some research and find out what section of government they fall under in the USA. it might suprise you.
2007-01-31 02:55:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would love for people to love the police. But stupid laws had given them too much power and it gets abused. There are good cops though. Somewhere.
2007-01-31 03:00:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all police are corrupt. There are more good police than bad.
2007-01-31 02:50:23 · answer #8 · answered by mnwomen 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know of anyone who respects the police. They are just people like the rest of us. The same percentages apply to them as they do to civilians. Respect is not something you're born with. You have to earn it.
2007-01-31 02:45:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
This question has perplexed me for years.
Maybe they just don't want to believe that there are corrupt cops and that one bad apple spoils the whole bunch.
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2007-01-31 02:40:36 · answer #10 · answered by Brotherhood 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Maybe it is as simple as that they don't know about the corruption which exists.
2007-01-31 07:51:08 · answer #11 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋