Because in the military, the "enemy" are the terrorists/belligerent nation etc. Complaints from terrorists/enemy nations etc as they are in a battle situation a

Because in the military, the "enemy" are the terrorists/belligerent nation etc. Complaints from terrorists/enemy nations etc as they are in a battle situation are obviously disregarded. The army serve the public, and fight the enemy. For the police, the "enemy" is the public who are complaining about what the police are doing. It is them Vs us. To quote George W Bush, you are either with us or against us.