I was watching one of the many "Street Crime/Traffic Cops" type TV programs last night. In one scene, a drunk youth who had attracted the attention of the police was complaining that he was being filmed and that "it was illegal to film him"; his face had been blurred out. The cops pointed out to the man that he was in a public place and therefore the TV crew had the right to film him.
There's a lot of this kind of TV programs, and they do a lot of good PR for the police. They do show that policing is a very difficult job and most coppers do a good job under very trying circumstances. I find it odd that when it's a good bit of PR cops don't try and hide behind the false accusation that it's illegal to film a policeman.
But, it's just like any job/profession, some people are better at it than others. Cops are human, not clones, there's good ones and bad ones. Shame that the bad ones don't get weeded out as this clearly impacts everybody else in a very bad way.
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