Originally Posted by
Five_Point_Five_Six
You have more faith in complete strangers than I do. I don't think it matters much if the cop is making six figures or $28k/year. They'll look at their family, their home, their life, and they'll look at this stranger's name on the paperwork and make their decision about what they're gonna do. This isn't an anti-cop rant either, it's just my opinions based on what I know about human behavior. The number of people who will give up their careers and livelihood in order to not participate in violating a strangers civil rights, when the optics on it are very good and the majority of public opinion will support their actions, is very low.
I'm not an expert on police procedure, but I'm pretty sure they don't just get to opt out of assisting with serving warrants like "Nah fam I ain't really about this" and they just get assigned to go write parking tickets or something. It's a choice between following orders and walking away, and when faced with potentially losing everything you have or taking this one guy's guns, most people are going to choose to follow orders.