2007-03-02 22:40:12 · 10 answers · asked by Birdmanbw95 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
No. Just because someone upholds the law doesn't mean they should be punished moreso by it.
Doesn't seem fair, does it?
2007-03-02 22:48:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-17 04:09:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. Yes, they are to "uphold" the law and they know when something is illegal. Adults, non-police officers also know that it is illegal to steal something just like the cop knows it's illegal to steal something. Both know it's wrong, why should the punishment be any different?
2007-03-03 01:33:51 · answer #3 · answered by Colonel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not unless they abused their position as a police officer to enable them to commit the crime. In many states there are harsher punishment for anyone in a place of public trust who misuses that trust to commit certain crimes.
2007-03-02 23:33:29 · answer #4 · answered by tjg1987 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That should be off the top with the job. Considering they have more power, they should have more punishment to deter any bad behavior because althouth they are human, they affect many lives. When they are caught doing something the damage done to their department and fellow officers is usually pretty bad.
2007-03-02 23:37:32 · answer #5 · answered by digdugs 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Depends on the circumstances.
If they use their position as an officer, and person of trust, to commit their crime, the punishment (in my opinion) should be much more severe
Example:
A police person, uses his badge to gain entry to the house of a woman, he then murders.
He used his status as a police officer to gain her trust, and then murdered her.
She would not normally have let 'just any' man into her home.
(My example is a little extreme, but there are a million and one small, medium, and large ways to abuse power...)
2007-03-02 22:49:27 · answer #6 · answered by Lex 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. Why should the law apply in more force to one part of the population regardless of their occupation?
"Fair and ethical treatment," remember?
2007-03-03 02:26:59 · answer #7 · answered by Team Chief 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they should. They are meant to be there to help us and to set examples. Over here in New Zealand at the moment we have three police officers (one the commissioner of police) on rape charges by two different women. Rapes happened years apart ... guess what ... yesterday they were acquitted on all charges. And the ex commissioner want's his job back .. good grief.
2007-03-02 22:52:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Cops have better unions than we do...
"All animals are created equal; some animals are created more equal than others." George Orwell, Animal Farm.
2007-03-02 22:45:02 · answer #9 · answered by MenifeeManiac 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, they are just human, they make mistakes just like all of us. They are no better or worst that anyone else.
2007-03-02 22:44:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋