Ferich,

Thank you for being forthright. I am so glad you are not a child. lol

Allow me to explain myself:

Im married and have 2 children , ages 2 and 4. That alone justifies my appriciation of secrurity. My wife is Airforce , so naturally we live on base. Let me tell you I am very glad those guys are at the gates.

I have never been arrested or charged with a crime. I am Law biding. And hence have never encountered an angry police officer.

Now that you understand me , let me get to the bulk of your question:

According to the FBI database these crimes were commited in 2002:
1,426,325 Violent Crimes or about 3,907 a day
16,204 Murders or about 44 a day
420,637 Armed Robberys or about 1,152 a day
95,136 Forced Rapes or about 260 a day

These are crimes that the guilty party would run , evade , or shoot back at officers. Being from Philidelphia , Im sure you will agree with me about that.

Now "put there life on the line": You and I are not responsible to catch these criminals , the police are.

Between Jan.1st and July 1st of this year 77 police officers lost there lives persueing these criminals.

There will always be people who are jerks , regardless of profession. We must rise above steriotyping and judge only on an individuals actions.These men and women have a hard job to do , and they diserve our respect for doing it.

This is the basis for my oppion towards law enforcement.

Reflect that the chief sorce of all evils to man , and of baseness and cowardice , is not death , but the fear of death. - Epictetus about 45 AD