Pernicious Pig on Patrol

By Elton Camp

I want to hold law enforcement in high regard

But a certain percentage of them make it hard
On the police car it reads, “Serve and protect,”
And this, the public has every right to expect

At least where I live, there’s too many a time

When police themselves are doing the crime
It isn’t only the patrolman riding the street
At higher levels, dishonorable we will meet

Sadly, the word is now out that it isn’t far

To where a trooper stole items from a car
The newspaper tells us about a police chief
Who has been arrested because he is a thief

Police hiring practices we must begin to doubt

An officer at his home is arrested in a shoot out
True, these are exceptions, yet they aren’t rare
Law enforcement folks to do crimes will dare

There is the occasional cop who is a total ass

One who loves the public to abuse and harass
He has been an ignorant loser all of his life
Now he wants to bully others due to his strife

Instead of seeking to arrest the serious perp,

Behind a sign will hide this smirking jerk
“Just a bit over the speed limit” he’ll glower
Because to give a ticket now lies in his power

He thinks that at last he is doing just so fine

Because he has a shiny badge to hide behind
Especially to minorities he feels so superior
Though to about everyone he is really inferior
To the vast majority of cops we say “Thanks,”
Yet, act against those who are bad in your ranks
A lesson that law enforcement has yet to learn
Is that respect you can’t demand, but must earn

Him today, but will it be you tomorrow?