B Wrote:
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> Its interesting that today, the cop style is bald
> head and military uniforms. Back in the 1980s and
> 1990s it was a full head of hair and mustache
> usually and professional less threatening
> uniforms.
>
> I think the style and even attitude has a lot do
> with the fact that so many cops today are
> ex-military, verses the 1980s and 1990s. With
> 9-11 and so many people going into the military
> and coming back out with no skills except law
> enforcement related, thats where a lot of
> ex-military people went and now the shaved head
> from the military has become the predominate style
> in at least urban law enforcement. Add the fact
> that many departments have gone away from
> professional looking uniforms to military style
> BDUs and such and you have a very militarized
> police force in many departments. I personally
> don't like myself. I'm ex-LE, so I know why they
> wanted to do that and I understand the whole
> Officer safety thing, but its also about
> projecting an image and historically, civilian law
> enforcement has always been very distinct from the
> military for very clear reasons that date back to
> our revolution.
>
> But thanks to a lot of changes that begun prior to
> 9-11 and dramatically escalated after 9-11 the
> lines between occupying military and civilian
> police and more blurred than ever.
>
> I think the fact that we accept that being in the
> military somehow develops the skills to be in law
> enforcement is exactly what is wrong with law
> enforcement today.
>
> I’m sure this wasn’t meant to be a serious
> discussion, but it struck a cord with me.

So much misinformation in this post