I believe that says a lot about the beliefs that go around -- that cops are somehow more honest, and noble (and so are the troops). I can't help but think that

I believe that says a lot about the beliefs that go around -- that cops are somehow more honest, and noble (and so are the troops). I can't help but think that the root of this phenomenon is the adversarial nature of policing in the U.S. It's assumed that the police are on one side and the people are on the other, and that the two sides are going to be at odds. And like most adversarial relationships, you assume that most critiques of "the other side" are noise. There's probably some element of "police are honorable", but I think the adversarial setup has more to do with it.