[Bobblehead]

I think policing is a really difficult profession. Are there some bad apples - for sure, there are in all professions. But I really doubt they start out that way. These are the men and women who are sent in to clean up all the crap of society. In their daily jobs they see the worst of human nature. Most of the time the general public only see these people when they are getting a ticket. But these are real people who at some point got into their profession because they wanted to make things better.

In my job I had to try and fix tax filing mistakes. Sometimes it was my company, sometimes it was Canada Revenue, sometimes it was the members themselves. It is tough when clients scream at you and you know it was their own mistake. Some people don't want to take responsibility. Then I think about police who need to deal with things like that x10 on an almost daily basis. People being almost afraid of them, people telling them to solve some "real" crimes.

I'm sure there are rewarding moments, but there is a lot of dealing with the bottom of the barrel, too.

And I'm sure some officers can have bad days and push back too far. They shouldn't get a free pass. But all police officers shouldn't be condemned for the mistakes of a few, either.

And when it comes down to it, police are our neighbours, relatives and classmates.