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rock

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4. As bleak as the picture is that you paint

Reply to Boreal (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 2, 2014, 07:46 AM

Sep 2014

I believe you are essentially correct. Policeman is a very attractive 'profession' for a bully, and a bully is just a step away from 'thug' (the gun I think does the trick).

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Police Cadet Applicants Should Undergo Psychological Testing For Fitness To Be A Police Officer. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Sep 2014 OP

They already do. ManiacJoe Sep 2014 #1

Police ARE civilians Boreal Sep 2014 #2

As bleak as the picture is that you paint rock Sep 2014 #4

Jury Results: 4-3 to keep stevenleser Sep 2014 #7

Nothing assuages concerns of overbearing authoritarianism quite like trying to quash dissent. nt Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2014 #8

What is needed are citizen review boards csziggy Sep 2014 #3

As others have pointed out, they already do. Hemmingway Sep 2014 #5

Psychological tests are already part of most police MineralMan Sep 2014 #6