It is true that the majority of police officers see the very worst of human behaviour in the worst of situations.And the frustration of catching some toe rag in a stolen car again and again and again only to see them get away with it again and again and again is mind boggling. But this is a different kind of policing

I've known many officers in a professional basis and some on a personal basis, though it has to be said that most officers end up prefering those on the "job". Amongst those I have known there have been racists, bullies and even one that dealt the best grass in the area. (No I wasn't a customer) There have also been kind, helpful, family orientated people and hard working dedicated, brave men and women.

"(I could tell you some stories about how coppers behave off duty!)" So could I, and sometimes they are lucky they are on the job or else they'd be in big trouble. Of course they party hard.

But in the end, there will be very few of them that disobey. I've known how easy it is to get roads cleared of area cars so certain officers can go home when blindingly over the limit. The police are as susceptible to corruption as any one else. Certain forces have been found to be "institutionaly racist". But in the end by "criminalising" large portions of the population "they" are working towards massive control of the biggest imaginable scale. The number of over 40's receiving first conviction is up by 40%. Why? Have they suddenly all become criminally inclined? No, it's target setting and the police obey their orders. Not one has yet come out and said, "I'm not deliberately picking on middle aged or older members of the public just to hit some target".You can say they must all be law breakers, such as those whose wheelie bin is overflowing etc. There are so many rules invented to hold us captive, so many paragraphs, so many sub-sections. Of course, the human dna database gets larger and larger. Writing this is probably risky, reading this is probably the same, sitting at home and discussing it with a group of friends is definately risky, not now perhaps but sometime in the future since loads of this stuff if monitored.

A police officer can stop and search you just on a whim.........just because...... and what can you do about it?

All of these systems work on information gathering and informants and you will be guilty by association.

Of course nobody wants to even think that the child they have nurtured, cared for and helped develop into a kind, caring respectable and responsible adult would in any way turn into the type of officer that does anything morally reprehensible in the same way as we wouldn't like our children to turn into criminals, but these things can happen.The police have ultimate power, and ultimate power corrupts.