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.