Personal abuse
And just when I was wanting to send some too!
Paarmo, I cannot make up my mind whether you actually do believe police officers should all be walking around or whether you are a wind-up merchant.
Anyhoo, seeing as how you like your (less than accurate) research, why not stay online and use the Cambridge dictionary to gain definitions of police officer and soldier. I include soldier as the ex-army flyers amongst us will well remember the cries of "soldier first" which many interpreted as "infantryman first" when in fact there are many branches and forms of soldiering. Likewise policing.
By your argument, you would 'civilianise' everyone in the police who do not make direct arrests day to day. If you really want to know whether it would work and be cost effective, do some more research and talk with units that have tried it.
Going back to an earlier post, also look up ab-initio.
Last edited by Regain; 19th July 2009 at 20:12.