working in innumerable separate local, state and federal jurisdictions. These officers represent all genders, races, ethnicities, socio-economic backgrounds, etc. Despite some media reports, most officers are conscientious and law abiding. Like all professions they have bad apples, some certainly much worse than others. However, any attempt to generalize and stereotype all police officers is as offensive and downright dangerous as many conservatives talking about the purported criminality of all "minority youth."