I think police sometimes get praise that is undeserved. Don’t get me wrong, I think police do not have an easy job especially with the dangers that go with the job and when they act in a manner that does serve to protect and jump right on a crime and catch the bad guy or actually deter crime from happening they deserve the praise for doing it – and their actions like this are very important factors in the crime picture. But I see this trend that’s been going on for a while that showers praise on police for acting after the fact, or getting praise or pats on the back for things they did not do. For example, the police in the Brown university incident, they didn’t figure out squat and had it not been for a homeless guy that lived in the basement of one of the university buildings the police would still be twiddling their thumbs and not found the killer yet – but the police chief and mayor showed up at a ball game and the crowd cheered them for doing such a fine job, his officers for being so brave and cracking the case and the police were patting themselves on the back for cracking the case – when in reality it was the homeless guy that basically gave them the killer on the metaphorical ‘silver platter’. So did the police deserve that praise and back patting after acting like ‘keystone cops’ being led by the three stooges not knowing their butts from a hole in the ground?

[On a side note… just how secure are the buildings on Brown University campus if a homeless guy can come and go at will and live in the basement of one of your buildings and use the restrooms and showers and roam around on campus?]