These kinds of quotes just perpetuate the image of police being mental midgets and thugs. The author did law enforcement no favors by quoting these neanderthal throwbacks. They are not the majority representatives of who police are today. They are probably old guys on the way out to work at some court metal detector or in store security. “What’s gone is police departments looking for the defenseman on the hockey team – the rough guy who can prepare to visit violence [on] a bad guy who would