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On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:46:51 -0400, hk wrote:

...but how often do we hear of really dumb cops?


Far too often. The whole "SWAT team" concept is out of control. If
they had some kind of evidence that the mayor's wife was a violent
criminal that warrants machine gun toting thugs to take her down there
are other ways to deal with it.
This is Waco and Elian Gonzolez all over again. ... but Reno was an
old drug warrior too.
In real life, even if it was her pot, they probably lose the case
because she didn't sign for it. The best they could hope for is to
bust mom.

What ever happened to cops in real police uniforms, not masked storm
troopers in Rambo costumes and ninja suits?

Up here the city police always wore navy blue and in the summer you'd see
them in a much lighter blue shirt.
As usual we always seem to copy what goes on down stateside so these days
they all run around in black uniforms.
I blame it on American TV. We were a bit isolated here from the influence
until cable tv came in the 70s... now it's all downhill.