That sounds good in theory, but how do you suggest such trust be established or renewed? It seems pretty apparent to me that for a good percentage of the populace, this trust is either very limited in scope or non-existant.I believe there must be a level of trust between the police, and the citizenry protected by the police. In order to be effective, and in defference to officer safety. Society should alow individual officers some lattitude, and discretion in their normal every day duties. IMO based on my own experiences, and observations.... Most abuse is systemic, rather than individual.
For me personally, the term "the police" is a bit broad here; i have more trust or faith in certain police departments and less in others. For me, this is based on the history/track record of those departments in dealing with myself and others. The local city police here have a good track record with me and with people i know; i wouldn't have much difficulty putting a good bit of trust in them, maybe not full & complete trust but substantial. The local Sheriff's department has a record and reputation less worthy of trust, IMO; i view them and their actions or statements with suspicion. The city police department in Memphis, TN (lived there for a decade or so) was always VERY professional with my friends and with me and has a pretty good reputation; i wouldn't have much trouble trusting them. That trust is easily reduced by the bad actions of some few officers, but how it can be restored, i don't know.