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It is primarily a liberal fantasy that the police exist to protect us from the bad guys. As the veteran police scholar David Bayley argues: I grew up on shows like Adam-12 , which portrayed police as dispassionate enforcers of the law. Hollywood, in the sixties and seventies, was helping the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) manufacture a professional image for itself in the wake of the 1965 Watts riots.

There is probably an assumption – which may or may not be sound – that these repeated mass demonstrations will subside and disappear as a phenomenon if they are allowed to proceed with careful monitoring and intelligence gathering. Whereas an outright ban might well justify their more dedicated organisers calling for militant activity that goes way beyond shouting slogans.

To Be lasts fine but it is overshadowed by Touch and Only the Brave. Both perform better. I get only about 6 hours from this and Touch I can get 7 and Only the Brave goes about 8 on my skin. Both also are better chemically than To Be. What annoys me with To Be is that Police can put out good fragrances and have with a few To Be flankers, Potion Power and Police Legend(ary Scent.)The police exist to keep us safe – or so we are told by mainstream media and popular culture. TV shows exaggerate the amount of serious crime and the nature of what most police officers do all day. Crime control is a small part of policing, and it always has been. The reality is that the police are not here to protect you. They argue that racist and brutal cops can be purged from the profession and an unbiased system of law enforcement reestablished in the interest of the whole society. They want the police to be better trained, more accountable, and less brutal and racist — laudable goals, but they leave intact the basic institutional functions of the police, which have never really been about public safety or crime control.