“There is one key area in which Zuma has made no attempt at reconciliation whatsoever: criminal justice and security. The ministers of justice, defence, intelligence (now called "state security" in a throwback to both apartheid and the ANC's old Stalinist past), police and communications are all die-hard Zuma loyalists. Whatever their line functions, they will also play the role they have played so ably to date: keeping Zuma out of court - and making sure the state serves Zuma as it once did Mbeki.” MadeHardStatesPlayPastDiesLinesJusticeRolesSecurityCommunicationKeysAreasFunctionPoliceCourtCriminalsMinistersReconciliationDefenceApartheidCriminal JusticeThrowbackLoyalistsZuma Author:Mark Gevisser
“I don't mind being identified as any character as long as I'm doing a good job as an actor. I have done all kinds of roles - from an editor, judge, police officer, murderer to a corrupt businessman.” MindKindLongDoneCharacterJobsActorsRolesJudgingPoliceAll KindsEditorsOfficersBusinessmanMurdererGood JobPolice Officer Author:Boman Irani
“[T]he enshrinement of constitutional rights necessarily takes certain policy choices off the table.... Undoubtedly some think that the Second Amendment is outmoded in a society where our standing army is the pride of our Nation, where well-trained police forces provide personal security, and where gun violence is a serious problem. That is perhaps debatable, but what is not debatable is that it is not the role of this Court to pronounce the Second Amendment extinct.” ThinkingWellsProblemCertainChoicesForceNationsRolesRightsViolenceSecurityPolicySeriousPrideGunStandingArmyPoliceTablesCourtAmendmentsSupreme CourtMeltingSecond AmendmentGun ViolenceConstitutional RightsPolice ForceSupreme Court JusticeCourt JusticePersonal Security Author:Antonin Scalia
“There's been a lot of talk about body cameras as a silver bullet or a solution. I think the task force concluded that there is a role for technology to play in building additional trust and accountability, but it's not a panacea, it has to be embedded in a broader change in culture and a legal framework that ensures that people's privacy is respected and that not only police officers but the community themselves feel comfortable with how technologies are being used.” PeopleThinkingFeelsPlayBodyUsedCultureForceChangeCommunityRolesTechnologyBuildingComfortableSolutionsTasksPoliceCamerasPrivacySilverAccountabilityOfficersBulletsFrameworkPolice OfficerEmbeddedPanaceaTask ForcesSilver Bullets Author:Barack Obama
“It does make a broader point which is the fight against Islamist terror is not just one that we can wage by the police and border control. It needs every school, every university, every college, every community to recognize they have a role to play, we all have a role to play in stopping people from having their minds poisoned by this appalling death cult.” PeopleNeedsMindDoePlaySchoolFightingCommunityRolesCollegePoliceUniversityTerrorBordersJust OneCultStoppingIslamistsBorder Control Author:David Cameron
“You can't say you're going to ban something in the name of good taste, because then you have directed someone to play the role of good-taste police. We - Americans - permit bad taste in this country. In fact, we even encourage it.” CountryPlayFactsNamesRolesTastePolicePermitBansGood TasteBad Taste Author:John Irving
“I have the appetite to do different roles that have different backdrops. I'd like to show that there's more to people sitting in cars for reasons other than being police officers.” PeopleDifferentReasonShowsRolesCarSittingPoliceOfficersAppetitePolice OfficerBackdrop Author:Romany Malco
“Liberalism had come to mean spending more on everything-speech police, failed poverty programs that reward dependence, a bigger nanny state telling us we cannot eat fatty foods, workplace roles that stifle opportunity, and absurd environmental regulations.” MeanStatesOpportunityPovertyRolesSpeechProgramBiggerPoliceRewardsEnvironmentalSpendingAbsurdLiberalismRegulationDependenceWorkplaceNanniesFatty Author:John Stossel
“The problem I have these days is that women are often cast in a role - as a police officer, for example - and then are invariably perceived by the other characters as succeeding in a man's job, as if they're doing it in spite of being women.” IfsMenCharacterProblemJobsRolesExampleSucceedPoliceCastsThese DaysSpiteOfficersBeing A WomanPolice Officer Author:Kathy Bates
“This is not just an agreement for the police department, this is an agreement that gets the police department working with the community and the community understanding its role as it continues to work with the police department.” UnderstandingCommunityRolesPoliceDepartmentAgreementPolice Department Author:Al Sharpton