This is VERY true. Not widely known that laws, privileges vary per jurisdiction and even sub departments and agencies within a jurisdiction. Furthermore, police have no duty to protect, and operate on behalf of their departments, not thr jurisdiction or its constituents
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If they have no duty to protect, it seems all the more cruel to deny/obstruct people doing it themselves.
On a related note, isn't there a motto somewhere "to serve and protect"?
So that's just branding and PR?