One thing a young cop that really does want to improve relations betweens
police officers and civilians has working against him is that there is no one more
full of shit than a cop, except a cop on TV. An
idealistic guy in his early 20's might not see that yet, even if other people do. It's not the kind of thing they would teach you at an academy, even if it might save a life on either side of the law for both sides of the law to know it.