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There is a reason you separate military and police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people.
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We accept this idea a little too quickly in my opinion. The police are, by definition, law enforcement, and therefore agents of the state. While this role may tangentially protect the public from harm in the broadest sense, it is not primarily the role. And, as we all know, there is no legal duty to protect, or ramifications to fail to protect. Even the oath to uphold and defend the constitution would be willingly supplanted by many, if not most LEs, by an order to the contrary.