Think of it this way, a majority of any force especially a small town force is composed of people who skid by in high school with a D/C average, who prior to being on the force never held any weight intellectually nor physically and now they're given full authority over the community in question. I knew police officers that were running with a 8th grade reading level, who had no training in race relations, who was so disconnected with the community in terms of current events it was painful listening to him.
Many officers and jail CO's were sub-par students with little to no understanding of ethics and government, who went straight into the marine corp because no other option was available. They picked up the job as being an officer of the law because it's a government position and it's Federal law to give veterans of any status preference over anyone else, which is odd because soldiers are some of the most reactionary people on the planet due to the nature of their job.
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