[collingreen]

No cop ever? Not even one?

I'm on your side that 1. Public servants should be held to a higher, not lower, standard and 2. There is a huge problem in this regard with the current US police situation.

Even with that extremely aligned base you still lose me completely when you say things that start with "no cop has ever...". I've never seen any system at scale with such absolutes so this immediately makes me doubt your other story and your take (which is what I already believe!) in general.

[giraffe_lady]

I'm sorry but if you honestly thought I was claiming to have privileged insight into the inner workings of the nous of others I'm not sure how to approach this.

What I assert is that working as a police officer in the US is incompatible with a sincere and complete passage through several of the 12 steps, beginning with that one. I've known some retired cops who I believe to have done it though.