re: The growth of law enforcement is bad for society

Cops are nothing more than a sanitation crew with guns. Think about it. Your house gets burglarized.....you call the cops after the fact. Most domestic disturbances have the police coming in after the assault and battery to sort things out. Murders....they come afterwards to draw the chalkline around the dead body. Drugs....mostly getting low level guys after the area has gone to hell.

Ask any police officer and he will tell you as much.

Yet we as a society think.....more cops on the streets, give the cops the "tools" they need. So we give them APCs, AR 15s, body armor, body cams, tasers, etc. Training to be quasi social workers. All of it is designed to mop up after things have gone to shite.