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No, however I do know some friends whose relatives are police officers, and they are typically very nice people.

How well this could work in practice would largely depend on how well the defense force is equipped, and if they are held accountable by any higher authorities.

Yes, overcrowding is becoming a serious issue. What is worse is that it is placing an increasing drain on taxpayer's money as prison populations grow.

While not as serious as Ferguson rioting/looting it looks really bad, and I think we can draw many parallels between the two incidents. Does this have the potential to erupt into something as bad as Ferguson?

I was going to use this quote as well. Fight Club is a very inspirational movie, despite the fact that many people are using it as a meme.

My best vacation was to Japan. Really amazing place with very friendly people and a unique culture. Definitely try to see the cherry blossoms (sakura) if they are in season.

It's a good form of cardio, but I think jogging is higher intensity and burns more calories, so it's an alternative you may consider if you're starved on time.

Definitely, with terrorism leading to increased surveillance and increasing unemployment leading to higher crime incidence, there has been more friction between police and criminals/citizens. The media has been perpetuating this as well in my opinion.

As hard as it is to find a hitman, that guy has to count his lucky stars that the woman found an undercover cop instead of an actual hitman. I hope the woman is jailed for a long time, hiring a hitman is as bad as committing murder.

Adultery by Paulo Coelho. For those that don't know this author, he's a lot like Mitch Albom, writing inspirational stories. Definitely give the Alchemist a try if you haven't, it's one of my favorite reads of all time.

Would love to hear the legality of this, I think that at least a permit should be obtained and some reimbursement should be offered.

I think so long as you don't give away too much of your personal information, or post anything overly sensitive/inflammatory, everyone is happy to engage in discussion. Also I doubt most people on forums are really interested in your real life details. Let's just chill and keep it civil :)

I believe that most people subconsciously are guilty of profiling, be it racial or not. Where problems start coming in is if such profiling makes its way into the system, where certain races are subject to "random" security checks much more often.

I think it is perfectly reasonable, and a good precaution to carry some non-lethal self-defense, like pepper spray or a taser. Not just for women, but for men as well, if you are travelling into neighbourhoods with a high incidence of crime.

I think that this would be a great idea, but realistically it would be quite hard to enforce. Ultimately if the police officers don't wish to exercise I think that they would still find a way to wriggle out of the exercise regimen.

As much as I believe that there isn't a quota, I think that traffic police may sometimes feel pressured to hand out a ticket if they haven't given out any in a long time. I think it wouldn't reflect too well to their superiors if they gave out zero tickets, it could suggest that they were...

I don't think that they should use machine guns, with a much larger spread of bullets they could injure bystanders and civilians. For more firepower they could use rifles or shotguns instead, I'm pretty sure that special units in the police force already use them.

I'd love to go to Sydney, Gold Coast, especially since it's summer there currently. The Great Barrier Reef is another place that I'd really want to visit after I learn how to dive.

That's nasty. He'll probably have a rough time in jail if convicted and sentenced.

I would recommend that she start looking for a job right away, and leave once she has gotten a new job offer. Often raising the issue to HR would just create a lot of red tape and nothing would really be done, worse she could be labelled as a troublemaker and it might be harder for her to...