Rough Cops – a bane or a boon.

Most of us have faced or encountered policemen of the wrong type.
Cops who have put their hand out for some petty cash and once you have helped them, put that into their pocket in the blink of an eye.
And more often than not we have hated them for we felt duped.
We felt that we got a bad deal.
Worse if the cop was not gentlemanly in his behaviour.

I am not supporting corruption, but think about it this way. The bad guys out there have no rules. And to counter them we need someone who is equally insensitive when apprehending them. This is the job of your neighbourhood cop. And he cannot be sensitive in his feelings for this might cost him his life. The US army has faced most loses in ground war; a place where the soldiers need to be most brutal and have no feelings or pain. This is a job for a soldier. He cannot choose to not kill or shoot or stab for that is his duty. We don’t criticise them, but rather call them brave. When then have double standards with the cops. Their job is equally challenging and risky. They need to be as emotionless as need a soldier on the battlefront.
So next time you find a cop not showing the necessary gentlemanly attitude, forgive him for that might be just what he needs to survive.
He is just trying to do his duty.