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.