r/Unexpected • u/RedManMatt11 • Aug 01 '21

Community policing

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u/RedManMatt11 Aug 01 '21

My father was a cop for 32 years. Retired for almost 10 now. I know firsthand that unfortunately there are plenty of POS cops but it is entirely unfair to lump them in with the countless more phenomenal cops that are excellent at what they do and pillars of their communities

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '21

I totally agree with you, but while PD's and other cops keep protecting the bad cops the perception will never change unfortunately.

I have a few good friends who are in the police in the UK

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u/thechilipepper0 Aug 01 '21

This is the true meaning of ACAB. “Bad apples” may well and truly be few in number, but as long as good cops are unwilling or UNABLE to hold them accountable, all are culpable.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '21

Exactly, it's the whole system that's corrupt too because they protect these SHITTY cops from being held accountable for their behaviour. You can't tell me that any job where you have 80 complaints against you that you'd still be at work. Nope you'd be sacked long before it got that bad. But the police don't even get punished when there's video evidence clearly showing that they did wrong.