Judging the police?

Say Uncle links to a post that presumes to start holding the police up to a definable standard - seems they don't measure up:

The acts of police must face scrutiny just as the acts of mayors, presidents, senators, or representatives. They act on our behalf. To those who complain that mere civilians cannot presume to judge the actions of SWAT officers because have not walked in their boots, I call bullshit. If we cannot evaluate the actions of those who claim to serve us, we cannot determine whether they are serving us at all, and we cannot determine whether they are breaking laws themselves. The role of servant and served would be reversed.

And I wonder why those citizen review boards haven't stopped any of this?

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