When I was young I too had encounters with them and it was less than ideal. But I also feel that without them there society would be worse off. Yes, there can

When I was young I too had encounters with them and it was less than ideal. But I also feel that without them there society would be worse off. Yes, there can be improvement and they definitely need to better weed out bad apples (they need to better detect criminals within their ranks --just like the clergy needs to and schools need to). But also realize they are doing what society is asking them to do. Allowing some discretion is what allows them to ignore homeless in the park or in a ditch or wherever the locality finds unofficially permissible. If they followed the letter of the law in many places, they'd have to call in the paddy wagon way more often.