question about police 
So, if you're someone who sees police as "protectors of society", here's a question for you: has the police ever kept you, personally, safe from harm?
And I mean something very specific here: a situation where they prevented harm through "immediate response", in a way that bystanders or emergency services (ambulance, fire brigade, etc.) could not.
So *not* first aid, prosecution, moral support, or anything like that. But an actual first-responder situation where they were uniquely positioned to do so in a way that others couldn't.
This is mostly a rhetorical question, but also one that I am asking you to consider seriously, and that you can reply to if you have a genuine answer to it.
question about police :boost_requested:
@joepie91 having never been in a situation where this would have been required, I'm not sure my "no" counts for much.
re: question about police
@lambda I'd consider that just as valid a response!
What I want to illustrate with this question is that there's a huge difference between "the protection that police are claimed to provide" and "what police actually do", and I would say that "how often are they actually needed in the first place" is also an important component of that.
