RB>        . Quoting Bob Rudolph from a message to Ryan Bagueros  .
RB>BR> don't get a  free ride - on the contrary, they are scrutinized far
  >BR> closer than you are.   Theremay be a bad cop or so around, and theyre
  >BR> may be abuses (but show me a  profession in which they don't occur)
RB>The scrutiny is artificial. Scrutinized by their own department? By their
  >cop
  >union? The FOP? By the Justice Department? Try to get a Civilian Review
  >Board
  >going and see how fast they like being "scrutinized" by the public.
Police agencies don't mind being scrutinized by an unbiased civilian
agency.  Its the witch hunting gangs like copwatch parading around with
video cameras trying to trap cops into illegal activity that don't go
over very well.
The single most effective moderating body of law enforcement is their
constituency and the civil court system.  When they screw up, they get
sued.... and they lose.  You'd be surprised what a good standard that
creates.
---
 * QMPro 1.02 42-7029 * Do you want that on fifty 3/'s or two hundred 5/'s?
--- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 
1:135/5.0)
---------------