A trustworthy police force - An essential relationship is broken

A SOCIETY that loses faith in its police loses one of the cornerstones to a decent society. 

A society without trustworthy police can sustain democracy for only so long. A society that cannot believe that its police force is honest, efficient, impartial and informed by an easily-recognised civic morality is fundamentally vulnerable.

Equally, a society that imagines its police force will never reflect human weaknesses is deluded. Any society that pretends its police, men, and women just like the rest of us, are not susceptible to the challenges facing everyone else is unrealistically optimistic.