I wanted to be a Cop..

I've wanted to write this for a while now but I've been afraid to crossing the "Don't Cop-bash" rule. I'll try my best to not cross the line.

Anyway, when I was in High School, I wanted to be a cop. I wanted to help people. I decided to take a year off of school after high school, so the LEO thing never happened.

I hindsight I'm glad I never did it. My idea of a cop and the reality of being a cop are not the same thing. I think the best of everyone I meet, I want to be everyone's friend. And let's face it, a cop can't be a friend to everyone they come in contact with. They have to be a-holes sometimes.

And I have a very high standard of what a LEO should be, I'm pretty close to being a boy scout and they should be better people than me, They should be nearly saint-like. No foul language, no drinking, no tattoos, no lying, etc. They should be and appear to be better than the general public, Mr. Rogers with a gun and badge and most of all, they should be friendly.

With the exception of one officer I talked to once, they have all struck me as arrogant.

And to top it all off, I find myself with a distrust of Law Enforcement. How do I know which cops went into LE to help people and which one's went into it for the power? Perhaps that's part of the root of my distrust, I have no desire to exert control over other people and I can't trust those who, whether they want to or not, can exert some degree of control over others.

I know all the LEOs here have dealt with things that would keep me awake at night, I know that you all provide a service that society needs (though my only dealings with LE are speeding tickets). This post isn't meant to denigrate what you all do, it's just something I had to get off my chest. And if I feel this way, I can't be the only one.

And by the way, Nursing became my way to "help people".

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I wanted to be a Cop..