To Serve & Protect: Rate My Cop Offers Anyone the Chance to Sound Off

We live in a world now where technology is abound. We can do anything that we want, say what we want, and now, we can rate what we want. I can remember the trend beginning with popular sites like Hot or Not, where you could rate a person's picture. When I discovered MySpace, users were given a option to rate their professors. Now, the tables have turned. The latest new trend in ratings is Rate My Cop.

Police are crucial to society. They take a vow to serve and protect the people. Rate My Cop gives anyone with access to a computer and the Internet, to rate any officer of their choosing, based on name and even badge number. It seems that Rate My Cop has given those serving and protecting a little bit of something to be up in arms about. But the question remains, does Rate My Cop actually offer anything else other than the opportunity to bash other police officers who we feel is doing a bad job? Or, will Rate My Cop be able to stand out and put those who are doing a wonderful job into the limelight?

The Pros of Using Rate My Cop

Every day we see at least one police officer out on the street, in school, or at the office. Their presence is supposed to make the public feel safe. If we ever need the assistance of a police officer whether it be for crime or just someone to unlock our car door because we locked the keys in the door, it's great to know that they are there for us.

Rate My Cop will allow users to find that cop who helped us out and offer appreciation for their deed. Users of Rate My Cop will also be able to browse through their own local police department and see how their police force stacks up. Being able to browse other people's opinions of the police officer dispatched to take care of their situation and see how they reacted can give users the faith in their police force and in their community.

Rate My Cop can also serve as a wonderful source of publicity for a city. People who are potentially moving to another city might use Rate My Cop to check out the police force in the area that they are moving to, allowing them to see how the police perform and their responses to situation which arise.