It seems that in Texas there are many areas in need of an overhaul. I think that it is safe to say that many questionable people find their way into a position of power in America. David made an interesting argument in his Local Law Enforcement Needs a Tune-Up commentary about police abusing their power. It seems that in order to identify any source of a problem you have to start with the root.
Thus, the minimum qualifications and disqualifiers for a police officer applicant for the City of Austin can be found here. After reading through this information I feel comfortable with how the City of Austin chooses its task force, there are many disqualifiers that deal with mental illness issues as well as legal ones. It seems safe to say that you have to have a pretty bland background to make the police force; however, nothing is without flaw.
It could be possible that the experiences David was encountering was simply a thorough police officer. All of the events described were reasonable actions that were being enforced. While it may seem that the police officers were "bullying," if we look at the situations from a different light it shows a law abiding officer. While this can be annoying to innocent civilians, many things are necessary for our protection that we may not understand at the time.
I don't agree that all policemen and women are perfect or untainted; however, I do think that a majority of them are out to serve and protect our state and its inhabitants and I would personally rather have an over-zealous police force than a lax one.
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