The same is true of the police. They don't believe that they will be the
ones shot. Hopefully they won't. They hedge their bets with training and
discipline.

LOL...my years of training and experience didn't prevent a young man from
fracturing my lower spine with his Ford Expedition last year when he tried to
kill me. Of course he is suing me now for 'false arrest', which is amusing,
considering his propensities and record.

BTW, I'm not working, I've lost my job, and my savings are just about used up.
I can always sue my former employer if I have a beef about it, but what's the
use?

If the pay is so low, what attracts people to become
police anyway?

This is one of those questions that is truthfully answered this way: if you
have to be told the answer, you'd never understand it anyway. Of course, some
people become public servants to serve their communities, some people like the
action, and others have a need to help in whatever way they can. Remember that
there are *lots* of reserve police officers, fire fighters, and EMTs who serve
*without* any pay or benefits.

Too many times the wrong thing attracts them. Power.

Power? Are you serious? Are you familiar with the Garrity Rule? No, it's not
worth explaining all this to you, you obviously have some sort of problem with
authority figures, and it's not up to me to address that issue. But if you
sincerely think that people become cops for 'power', you really need some
reality.

Worship should be reserved for God, not cops.

LOL...where do you get these notions? Cops...worshipped? shaking head in
disbelief.

Blind cop worship does the same thing.

Wow...you are really interesting.


James S. Prine
http://hometown.aol.com/jsprine/