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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 4385556" data-attributes="member: 26737">I dunno. I remember about 25-30 years ago, when the senior street cops I knew were mostly Vietnam-era veterans, they were really concerned about the younger cops they were getting. They were particularly concerned that they were “lily white,” not that they were of any particular race, but that they had never been in any trouble, not even so much as a speeding ticket. The guys I knew were all either veterans or had been in some kind of trouble when they were younger (or probably both, as I’ve known a couple of guys who got the “go to jail or to the Army” choice), so they had some experience with what bad really looked like and had some empathy for the citizens with whom they were interacting.</blockquote>