R The Police Here 2 Protect & Serve & Remeber When They Were Called Peace Makers

How many of you believe that the main purpose of your local police department is to protect the poeple? We were taught at a very young age that if we were threatened by anyone we were to call 911 and ask them to dispatch the police. But is that the real function of the police department? According to the US Supreme Court decision in Warren vs District Of Columbia in 1981, the police do not have the duty to provide protections and services to individuals except under specific assignments.