Comment Re:Big Software Corps (Score 1) 278
umm, ok, how about this? We had an officer who won a national "hero" award for jumping in a creek and saving a kids life (rightly so, it was raging with flood waters), who was later fired because he stopped a random woman, fell in love with her and began stalking her.
We had another two officers fired when they stopped a vehicle, found a bunch of pot in the trunk. Let the guy go and they sold the pot. They eventually got caught when the druggie in question got busted about a year later and gave them up in a plea deal.
I could go on and on. There are great, honest policeman. But for the most part, at least the cops I hung around, weren't too far removed personality wise, from "criminals". Also, so I don't sound so biased, I'll say this: The job wears on you. Being a cop sucks. You are put in danger, get paid crap and as one 20-year officer told me "everyone lies to you. Everyone."
In summary, if you think cops don't take bribes, steal, etc (and get away with it much of the time), you are hopelessly naive and frankly, know not of what you speak).