[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Do you actually think it's a due to a perverse sense of satisfaction, or is it more likely that it's a perceived sense of wide-scale injustice?

Sadly, I do think it is a perverse sense of statisfaction.

There was one that jumped to my in the Ferguson shooting thread. I believe it was Driveway(?) that posted his derogatory opinion of police. I look for it, and can't find it, perhaps it has been removed.

I think that's just an internet thing. People like to slag anything they can.

No it is a dick head thing.

I kind of would hope that the standards we set for our police officers are higher than just being better than the corrupt forces in economically disadvantaged countries. I'm interested in how Canadian police officers measure up to Canadian standards. It's completely irrelevant how they compare to other countries. Our health care system is much better than many other countries, that doesn't make it above reproach or criticism.

I will agree that it's probably a little unfair to lump Canadian police and American police together, but it gets tiring when we see completely inexcusable actions perpetrated by American police defended by some of their Canadian counterparts on this board.

There are a number of things the various police forces in Canada could do to restore their image and credibility, but instead of getting out in front and being proactive, they resort to defensive and stand-offish tactics, and then wonder why the public reacts in the manner they do.

I agree, we need to hold our police to a high standard. Which I think more often than not, they attain.

Is there a significant void between the police and the general populace in Canada?