Dressed to Kill

Dreyfus: The beggar was the lookout man for the gang.
Clouseau: That is impossible. How can a blind man be a lookout?
Dreyfus: [Insinuating Clouseau] How can an idiot be a police officer?
Clouseau: Well, all he has to do is enlist...
--The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
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Ranger Question of the Day:
Why do the U.S. police wear flags on their body armor?
Do their actions cause them or others to forget
what country they're from?
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When did police officers become tough guys? Why do they need to be tough guys?

There are some dark and dangerous places, but you don't have to be tough to go there. Only smart. Try these protocols:

1. Contain the area
2. Do it at 12 noon
3. Have a preponderance of force
4. Have inner and outer security
5. Have additional back-up reserves on station

--Isn't that easier than being a tough guy?

Sometimes a policeman must make a tough tactical call to save innocent and perpetrator's lives. (Remember, all lives are equal.) But Ranger hopes that this is done in a non-escalating manner.

The pictured policeman in his ninja mode is a walking invitation for escalation of violence. Hell, he's even hard to identify as a police officer. Maybe this picture was intended for Iraqi police.

Ranger prefers old-fashioned, reasonable police response instead of a tough guy approach.