I'll say it again. Cops are not only not above the law, they should be held to a higher standard than civilians - double the penalties for these bastards over what you or i would get for an equatable offense.

They also need vastly more education, particularly in fields that deal with crime related problems, sociology, psychology, economics, and such. I seem to remember hearing that the german polizei have the equivalent of a masters degree, while we hook them up with badge, gun, and taser at the level of an associates.

Mabybe making it take a little more brains and effort will weed out some of the dumbass bully types from going into law enforcement. Also, we need to get cops out of the fundraising mindset and back to the concept of protect and serve.

Hagbard, i would argue that we could afford a higher police salary by hiring less of them and putting them out there on actual work solving and responding to violent crimes. Drop the drug and traffic enforcement, put radar/camera cominations up in problem areas such as known areas for speeders in residential neighborhoods (i don't care if someone goes 140 on the highway, but blowing by children much more than 25 should be an actual criminal offense in my book) and then maybe you could have a smaller more effective force.

Besides, higher police salaries would probably make corruption and bribery issues a bit less likely