[YZF]

At the end of the day they are also people and they interact with other people in their day to day lives. When they go to the bank they don't arrest the teller. When they go to the supermarket they don't arrest the cashier. When they go home they don't arrest their wife and kids. Maybe they've seen the same movie you did last night. Maybe they are fans of the the same team. Maybe their brother went to school with you.

You can connect with anyone on a personal level but you need to have people skills. If you're confrontational and non compliant you're setting yourself up for this power contest you can't win.

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Power tripping carries over into their personal lives. Their families have a much higher rate of domestic violence than the general population.

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/09/police-o...

[YZF]

"police officers in Florida have an x2-x4 higher rate of domestic violence" isn't quite the same as saying all police officers are out there to beat up whatever person they encounter in their day to day lives. They're still people and they still need social skills even to be able to work with their bosses and co-workers. For example, I've met a pretty tough police officer in a Toastmasters club who I'm sure could under some circumstances be very assertive but at the same time can obviously interact with people like a normal person under other circumstances. I've also met plenty of non police with hot tempers and violent tendencies.

Anyhow my point is the outcome isn't pre-determined and you have some ability to influence how things go by using some people skills.