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Originally Posted by Leonidas  No flaming I think.
The difference is this: the hypothetical exchanges of services by the doctors, lawyers and contractors you present are transactions between private citizens and so those cases aren't corruption. A cop, or any other public employee, holds an office with certain prescribed duties to fulfill. Without the office they no longer have the powers and duties of the office. Cops, public school teachers, and fish and game guys don't personally 'own' the powers of their office or the services they provide, those are a function of the position they've been entrusted with.
A game warden can't ethically let his buddy poach trout out of a catch and release stream; a teacher can't fail to report a kid in his class who might have been beat on because the kids' parents are his neighbors, etc. |
have you never been given a warning by an officer?
I have, and have been very appreciative of it as well.