Reminds me of The Wire. I suspect if anything a majority of CIs are used a crutch to give validity to hunches where no legitimacy exists to support them.The reality seems to be that many low-tier police, even mid-tier, don't do any actual detective work which is necessary to provide evidence. If the ones I've known are anything to go by, they even appear to look down upon such as 'desk driving', despite the necessity of it to build a solid case. They are mostly bone-brains who cheat, use short-cuts and are approximately an inch from being a lynch mob at all times. They certainly aren't competition for us, our competition is a very small, select group of peopleOften such herd creatures resort to violence when it is unnecessary. The public should feel little sympathy for the vast majority of cop deaths, for they were well earned. I can respect a police officer who is honest and morally consistent. If you get caught by such a man, it is alright in my opinion, you played the game and lost, you shouldn't disrespect or attempt to revenge your mistakes on him. In the long term, the *fittest* win, not the strongest. The people who play the long game, rule this world and always have done.An alarmingly large majority, like Kmf keeps saying, play dirty. They can't use their brains, so they use their fists. Then they run to mommy State when they are responded to, and the State gives them more power to bully their way about. These men are like cattle, mooing and loing, perpetually reactive to the environment, always their fuck ups are somebody else's problem. As a result, they are unable to take either the big picture or place themselves in the position of a criminal. They are so in-ept, that the academic literature in criminology is replete with examples where criminals deliberately generate a 'big noise' somewhere that is peculiarly attractive to these morons e.g. the bust of a well known dealer to LE, whilst continuing work when LE is distracted. Snakeheads even deliberately allow shipments of people to get captured, the people on board go around and around again getting captured all the time, it's a full time job for them. Getting repeatedly deported beats the shit out of farming in terms of risk/reward. Meanwhile, they travel on past with the main cargo or transports. Snakeheads lie awake at night thinking about scenarios to help local LE turn into even bigger circle jerks than they already are. It'd be sad if it weren't so funny :Dtldr; Empathy is a virtue for a reason!