Re: The respect on police
 

I respect the concept of the police, and all the officers who work to make the police what they ought to be. Corrupt officers don't even earn enough respect for me to consider them police officers.

Re: The respect on police
 

I have met a lot of great cops, and a few assholes to. They put their lives on the line every day to keep us safe from the scum of the world. For that they have earned my respect. Perhaps the fact that I am not a skater with a "I'm the victim" complex helps.

Re: The respect on police
 

They get a 3,no more. Cops are necessary to some extent but so are dentists,and who likes the dentist?:)

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/me slowly raises his hand...

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Face it...you just visit the office to listen to Kenny G while waiting!

Re: The respect on police
 

Oh you mean Emokids? Yeah they are retarded. Anyways, what cops are meant to do is a great thing. You can't judge it as a whole it's something that works on a case to case basis like any other job. Whatever people say, we need the police.

Re: The respect on police
 

About a 6 for the police here. They do a good job, and have done for me in the past.

I can only speak for my local police force, but I have no reason to suspect corruption of any kind/use of excessive force etc.

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Well, it could have been 4-10 too but 1-7 will also do the trick ;)

I have a great respect towards the (Finnish) police and it's making a great job with limited resources. All police officers I have met have been at least somewhat decent. We would need a lot of new police officers to fight against crime and increase their rights as currently they are quite limited and protect the criminals better than law-abiding citizens.

What is worrying to me is that 16 % (4) of the answers are "1" so it's like the police force should be disbanded. Could someone who have answerred "1" argue, why he has so low respect on police? I and many others would appreciate it.

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I voted 7, I have absolutely nothing to complain about the Finnish police, they should have more resources so that they would be able to do more patrolling and thus be closer to a potential crime, but that is not their fault.

I happen to follow the law in most issues, so maybe someone more criminal might feel abused when getting fined because of not having a proper light on their bike. :p

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cant really complain too much about police in the uk, main problem isn't their fault, its a lack of money so there aren't as many police around as i would like. i have a friend who is in the force and when you hear that if he arrests someone it can mean 4 to 6 hours of paperwork (statements and other crap that i cant remember ) . seems that all the government want them to do is catch speeding motorists not the real criminals.