I know being a cop can be a tough job but I have concerns....

[Savannahmann]

18. Is it?

The British drafted people to stand on rooftops during the Battle of Britain to watch for fires during the bombing. While most of the people went to the shelters, some were drafted to go on the roofs with little more than a tin hat to protect them.

People were also drafted into volunteer fire brigades and fought those incendiary initiated fires valiantly.

We regularly draft people to serve on Juries. Are you suggesting that we would get better results if someone wanted to be a juror and volunteered?

The quality of the service depends on the quality of the individual. I'm sure that most of those people up on the rooftops in London were not hoping to be up there, but were scared to death that a bomb would kill them, but they did their duty. People who are drafted to serve on Juries don't want to be there. They have lives, and responsibilities to family and business. But they do their best to carry out their duties.

Why not make service as a police officer a one year thing. You're drafted for one year, or two if you prefer. Then you're done and off you go. We could treat it like national guard service. Your job would be protected and upon completion of your service you would return to your job with no lost seniority or benefits.

Drafting just means the body politic, the community, calls you on to serve.