The police themselves have fostered this. They act and talk like they are a special force army, referring to anyone not on the force as civilians. Disturbing how their attitude has morphed into us vs. them over the years.I knew what ya mean. Having said that. Cops are civilians. It’s just a job (not a great paying one) that happens to let ya carry a gun but people often talk about cops like they are in special force army. Not saying ya implied that but just hear it a lot (the cop vs civilian talk)