The Ethics of the Police

The Ethics of the Police:

"In an era where legal positivism dominates, when intense state propaganda has tried to eradicate the concepts of justice and natural law – and impose the belief that 'law' is just about anything the state says it is – people still retain some notions about what is right or wrong, just or unjust, criminal or legitimate.

People readily acknowledge that some government action is unjust, although they occur under the cloak of state authority with officers merely 'enforcing the law.' These actions, in practice, occur by the hands of the armed forces of the state and act directly with its vassals: the police. However, people face an aggravating factor that creates even more confusion: the state has a monopoly on judicial services and security, and no one else besides this institution – one that violates countless individual rights – can combat crimes committed by other criminals.

Security, vital to any society, ends up being provided almost exclusively by the state police. Therefore, how can they possibly be ethically evaluated?"