Facing the depravity of man…
I had my second to last session with Citizen’s Police Academy tonight, and honestly, if nothing else I feel like I’m steeped in the depravity of humans more than I really ever wanted to be. The criminal mind isn’t a pretty picture, and the people who have to deal with it on a regular basis are truly a special breed.
I think it finally hit me somewhere between the Westside Interagency Narcotics presentation and the Elder safe presentation that we, as human beings, are a really screwed up species. What causes a person to become so consumed with producing meth that they neglect their kids and expose them to those dangerous fumes? Why are some social groups normal people hanging out, and others vicious gangs? What would make a person take their father out to a racetrack in Idaho, drop him with fake personal information, and then go home to live off his pension and social security checks?
It’s great to see the agencies combating these things, but at the same time, they aren’t a total solution to the problem. The problem is bigger than law enforcement can take on alone, and we live in a time where the average citizen is either too ill informed to know how to help, or they don’t care. That’s a sad commentary on life as it is.
I really enjoyed the citizen’s police academy, but to a small extent, I think I’ve come away a little jaded by it…