@Jack: that is absolutley true. Very few people realize that 95% of police work is after the fact stuff. More CSI goes on than SWAT roll-outs. (Although if a SWAT rollout happens in Clearwater you're in serious trouble. Their like #10 in the Nation.)


BTW Does my cape make me look fat? Or does my Fat make me look fat?

The "cape" statement was not proposed as a straw man argument, it was my attempt at levity. I understand that people can think of more than one thing at a time. My original statement was that if you worry more about your look than tactics, you need to find something else to do, which I thought was pretty freaking straitforward.
The police in my area don't participate in community policing anymore. I meant proactive in terms of actually finding crime to stop rather than rolling around talking on their cell phones. If you compare the way most police outfit themselves now and look at your typical soldier, you'll realize how frightenin the militarization of the police has become, as it is out of proportion to the threat most police face.

I think you may have a point. I haven't really taken a good look at a cop in a while now that I think of it.

Sorry I misconstrued your statement.

I think of it like a sports team jersey. Although the style can change, if you have seen one suit they wear, you can figure out when the team is on because the logos, colors, etc stay the same.