Kind of. It was pretty much the job of the proto-police forces which naturally became our modern police forces. The development of policing in America is much m

Kind of. It was pretty much the job of the proto-police forces which naturally became our modern police forces. The development of policing in America is much more crude and ad-hoc than people would like to admit. I don't think modern police generally join the force with this spirit but there's a root of violent lackiness that has maybe never been fully exercised from the system.