The police are here to "serve and protect" all right. But it's to serve and protect their paymasters. I suffered through a home invasion with two illegals, brandishing a shotgun. I kicked the crap out of both of them with a hammer. They got no money, beat up, and I got the shotgun. I called the cops, it took them 15 minutes to show up. They brought the K9's out and caught both of them. The judge gave them 6 months, time already served. Now compare that with a bank robbery. Cops are there in minutes, and you get 8-20 years in prison. So I ask you, why is it that banks are a more serious crime than a home invasion? Policy. That's why they are called the police. Police = policy. The police are policy enforcers.