who will guard the guards?
By murkie
@murkie (1103)
Philippines
May 25, 2011 8:41am CST
every once in a while, we see cases of police brutality, hazing, and corruption. on a national level, we have civic groups and activists fighting against the abuse of power. but how about on a smaller scale?
in my company, the security personnel prohibit some actions, but they themselves do it. in a small community, the mayor's men are the ones starting trouble.
so, if these guards hold the power of implementing law and order, who will stop them when they tend to start something they were supposed to be preventing? what can a simple citizen do about it?
who will guard the guards? (this phrase is from a japanese saying, i think)
1 response
@BenA10 (36)
• United States
25 May 11
Really this needs to fall back on the government. They are the ones responsible for keeping the peace, police and the like are simply in charge of enforcing it. However, I'm not convinced we need more government involvement in things like this. Basically that means that it falls back on the people who are electing their government officials in the first place. The government is run as a system of checks and balances, so enforcing the law should (in theory) be no different.
