Do people nowadays, have absolutely no respect for Law Enforcement Officers?

Question

I know there are people out there who do respect Police Officers, then there's those who don't. It pisses me off, I mean, its bad enough that their job is dangerous, but they have to deal with bad a** people who always complain. I mean, just put yourself in their shoes, I know I CAN"T last even ten minutes doing their job. I know there are bad cops, BUT, there are a heck lot of good ones. If any law enforcement officer read this post, God bless you, and thank you.

Answer 1

Cops are just thugs with shiny badges and legal guns. They breed the 'us against them mentality.' If there are a lot of good ones they are hiding in the corners.

Answer 2

First I want to say that is it very unfortunate that you witnessed such an incident and you should have reported it. No one wearing a badge (correctional officer or deputy sheriff) has the right to mistreat inmates. Especially if there was nothing done to the C.O. to warrant such behavior. Second, I think you should not allow an incident like that to cloud your overall judgement of law enforcement officers as a whole. Yes there are times that we are under a lot of pressure, but the good guys are the one's that can keep their cool even under those conditions. I can only hope that any contact you have with law enforcement in the future is positive to clear your mind of the negative.

Answer 3

I know, I deal with the public every day, most are ok. But I really hate stoners, they have no brains left. I have a dozen or so police and homeland security officers that come in all the time, and they are the best people. I don't know how they do it, take all that abuse and still be nice to everyone. Some people are just pissed of at the world I guess and take it out on the police. I am a ham radio operator and have worked with lots of law enforcement people with emergency services as a radio specialist, in some hairy places under crap conditions. I have never seen a policeman or firefighter not jump in to save someone under the worst of conditions.

Answer 4

Thank you!

When people see cops, they're usually in pretty bad moods because the cops are involved in the first place... Hardly anyone sees police when they're not in trouble!

Thank goodness for Community Policing, which will hopefully help to change that!

Answer 5

I want to respect them, I really do. But so far in my interactions with them they really haven't earned it. It's true what people are saying, if you've had no run-ins with the police then you have no reason to dislike them. To me though, it really seems as if a great deal of them simply antagonize decent people.

To be fair, it's not all their fault. They are pressured to give out so many tickets. Many of their policies are dictated by the ridiculous war on drugs that this country has attempted to wage. But when you sit at the bottom of an empty hill with a speed gun or randomly pat someone down because they smell like marijuana, who are you protecting?

I hope someday I meet cops that take their job seriously and who are realists. Cops who use reason and discussion as much as arrests and fines. Cops who assume that most people are good, not criminals. If that happens, I'll respect police officers as much as I respect anyone.

Answer 6

It's a thankless job. We have to make split second decisions then have untrained politicans decide if our actions are appropriate or not. Most people who don't like cops ironically are people who want to do as they please yet seem to have no trouble dialing that 911 speed dial. We don't have to earn your respect! We represent YOU our job is to enforce the laws YOU voted on to make your community a safer place to live. It isn't a popularity contest for all those posting negative comments. I got into L.E to help people and put people who think they can do as they please in front of a judge because regular law abiding citizens and good people count on us. Those who appreciate us, thank you. Those who don't, don't worry, we will still come when you call for help.

Answer 7

As someone who does not give law enforcement the benefit of the doubt, nor do I commit crime, I can tell you that it is not the officers themselves that I do not respect or trust. It's the people they work for. If we were supposed to trust agents of the government why does the Constitution place so many limits on them?

Answer 8

I respect law enforcement officers, and have several of them as friends.

There are some people in law enforcement who are not worthy of respect, unfortunately, but I believe they are a very small minority of a fairly large community.

Like you, I wouldn't want the job.

What was your question?

Answer 9

There are a lot of people on here that have nothing better to do with their time but bash the police. BUT... If you say one thing that upsets them (the bashers) they will report you in a heartbeat! I would love for the useless people to be a cop for one day... they would definitely be singing a different tune, after they stop crying to their mommies.

Answer 10

I'll give a cop as much resect as he give me. I have run into a FEW good ones in my time but they majority of those I have dealt with over the years have a genuine Nazi \Gestapo mentality

Answer 11

I don't because the ones in my town do absolutely nothing at all aside from sitting outside the local convenience store eating and handing out speeding tickets. If they were't 75% pompous douchebags who failed in the military or are out to pay back the world for the beatings they got daily in high school then they might get some respect. There are good cops out there who do good jobs and are concerned with important things. There are far more cops out there who get a little too excited about getting that next law breaking jaywalker.