A botched DUI arrest reveals a 'dirty little secret' about policing

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2. It's getting harder to find good cops.

Both cops (Anette Hannah and Mary Metheny) should be canned if they haven't already been. The fact they were even on the force could be a symptom of something I've brought up before. People have to want the jobs you want them to do.

Some of us think we can just raise police, teacher, and even political leader salaries. Pay them more, and you'll get better people in these tough, public facing jobs. But that's simplistic. These jobs have to be attractive if we want to get competent people to want them.