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What your speakers are saying is true, of course. Many police are wonderful, dedicated, public servants fully deserving of our respect. Unfortunately, a police department is only as good as its worst members, not its best.  Police too often "protect their own," which means that the bad apples do not get weeded out.  Please focus more on the problem officers, and not these admirable ones, who we all know exist. 

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There are times when we need police, but in my town (lake oswego) the police have an us-against-them attitude. If a person goes to court, he or she encounters a hack judge who listens to police lie week after week, says nothing, and metes out punishment to law-abiding citizens.  I will not call the police unless it is absolutely necessary and I am kept out of it.  This is not a black-white issue here. It's a police vs citizen issue and needs to be addressed. Of course, I won't address it in a non-anonymous forum because I am convinced the police will target me and my family.

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