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i have a question regarding the underlying motivations for going into law enforcement. Generally speaking, what do you think are the motivating factors for most cops to be. In my town, a college town, i find that most of the cops seem to be reasonable people,with altruistic intentions. However, there seems to be a sizable minority who seem "get off" on there postions of relative power. Do you think a sizable percentage of cops have taken the job for less then honorable reasons?

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The motivating factors are almost always honorable. People become police officers because they want to help out other people and make a difference in their communities.

There are, however, a VERY small minority of people who went into police work to get off. It's like the cop in Harold and Kumar - found out that bullying didn't work after high school and wanted to put themselves in a position to continue a power trip. This is very rare in my experience. I can think of one person who fit this description, but he was fired, and last I heard, was working as a bouncer.