[flippinburgers]

In defense of the OP the interaction between doctor and patient is not at all like the interaction between police officer and criminal.

There has to be a way forward when it comes to police reform, but it is a valid question to ask whether or not policing itself takes a particular toll.

[tomlagier]

I've wondered over the last week whether a strategy to fighting the perverse psychological changes that seem to settle in the minds of many police officers would be term limits? An "up or out" mentality like in the armed forces[1]?

It seems like many of the worst offenders have been mostly stagnant at their posts for many years - surely getting in fresh faces that have had a chance for more modern training would help break some of this mentality of "corps over country".

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_or_out

[rsynnott]

Patients can be surprisingly abusive to medical staff.