Did you hear the lastest on the news this morning over a hundred B.C. cops have been bad boys. From the 1000 or so complaints brought against police in British Columbia, 106 were so grievous that they couldn’t be swept under the rug. From drunk driving to shooting an unarmed suspect without cause. And gee nobody got arrested and charged. Where were the cops. Oh yeah they were there. But I guess they let themselves off with a warning this time.
The report that came out suggested that 8 officers should be fired immediately. They all at least did the honourable thing and resigned first. This is just one more instance of the growing problem within policing in Canada and throughout the Western world. The police culture is out of step with the complexities of the modern world. Law enforcement has embraced the technology with the excitement of a little boy on Christmas morning opening that brand new shiny toy. And therein lies the problem. Policing is still a masculine discipline in a world that needs a woman’s touch.
