Its like planes, you only hear about em when something goes wrong. the police do a very good & difficult job sometimes under very difficult circumstances. Most pple seem to have the police guilty, As usual we don't know all the facts before we go on the rampage of hanging someone.
I use the police a number of times a year as a publican and would gladly pay more for their service.
remember for 90% of us our first call in a problem is them
AndyD