Perhaps it could be stirred by the number of news stories, that seem to be increasing in recent years, of leos being arrested, indicted, and convicted for criminal activities. There was one on the front page of our morning paper and there have been several others. Two leo's in this tiny little county have bit the dust in the past few months, and I think one is already in prison.
There was a recent story about twenty leos from the same nearby department who had been fired for various proven and/or admitted serious offenses, that were all eventually reinstated via union trickery and legal(?) shenanigans. The details of each individual case was printed and all fell into the unbelievable category. Most should have been in jail.
The majority of people who post in these threads repeatedly indicate they believe most leos are good people and make negative comments directed only at the very few leos being discussed who do stray off the straight and narrow. Usually, after a few posts, the same leo apologists, who believe leos can do no wrong appear, and the thread degenerates to a "them" vs "us" donnybrook. If one actually reads most of what is posted with an open unbiased mind, there are darn few "cop bashers" who lump all leos into the "bad cop" category. Probably about equal to the number of leo apologists who defend any and all leo foulups.
