Around here, the police on the streets are the final evolution of the dumb kids in class. Why we elect them to carry guns around is beyond me. Any cop with a shred of intelligence is a detective or doing something office side because that's where the money is to pay for their expensive educations since its not free here like would be in a developed nation. Furthermore, these over-empowered adult children continuously overstep their bounds of "Protect and Serve" and are strongly protected by the union. The police are less a service, and more an enemy. It's becoming increasingly necessary to carry a gun just defend yourself.