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Originally Posted by The Avon Lady

Sometimes the problem is which or whose "force" meter do you rely upon?

My experience with Police, particularly the RCMP, is that they cannot be trusted. There are long running corruption issues with the RCMP and there is a lack of oversight. In the last 10 years there have been countless cases of excessive force and even suspicious fatalities in police custody, just in BC. One man had all his front teeth knocked out by a cop for doing nothing. It was caught on tape. Then theres that kid up north in BC that was shot in the back of the head while in police custody. The inquiry was conducted by other RCMP. Those are just highlights off the top of my head.

I don't trust the police by default around here since it is the nature of their position to abuse power. If not so then why the need for a division of powers? Until things are clear, I look at the cops with total caution.