I'm sorry but if you honestly thought I was claiming to have privileged insight into the inner workings of the nous of others I'm not sure how to approach this.

I'm sorry but if you honestly thought I was claiming to have privileged insight into the inner workings of the nous of others I'm not sure how to approach this. What I assert is that working as a police officer in the US is incompatible with a sincere and complete passage through several of the 12 steps, beginning with that one. I've known some retired cops who I believe to have done it though.