Secret police? Virginia considers bill to withhold all officers’ names.

Okay, let's put the headline to bed. No one is advocating the establishment of a secret police. Police forces exist to enforce the law. Secret police forces exist to protect a political establishment. Police investigate crime and apprehend criminals. Secret police investigate political dissent and apprehend the dissenters. Thus, this article has noting to do about "secret police".

This article is about protecting police from public exposure. Why is this an issue? Well, because it has become politically advantageous to persecute the police. Rather than weeding out bad cops, politicians have raised their voices in concert with a segment of the public who have been victimized by bad cops to the detriment of all cops. Rather than investing in good police - training, equipment, etc - they have blown the budget on entitlements to groups to garner votes and remain incumbents. Rather than celebrating the American culture and leading all Americans as one nation, they have fragmented the population, setting groups against one another to further their political ambitions, and our President is at the head of this campaign.

Now, if we were to address and correct this problem, I suspect the other problems would simply go away.

I concur with CPT Jack Durish's comments. Many Virginia legislators are personal friends of mine and I have been receiving update sion all legislation initiates by the House of Delegate and the Senate as well as the crossover session.
Here is an article from the Virginia Pilot which includes the senate bill number - SB552
"The Virginia Senate voted 25-15 on Monday to keep the names of all police officers and deputy sheriffs a secret.
SB552 by Sen. John Cosgrove, R-Chesapeake, applies to any local or state officer, including officers from agencies such as the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and the Virginia Marine Police.
Cosgrove said during an earlier subcommittee hearing that he filed the bill in response to a November court ruling allowing The Virginian-Pilot access to names, agencies and employment dates for current Virginia police officers. The newspaper is examining how often officers who got in trouble were able to find other jobs in law enforcement.
Cosgrove said Monday that his bill, which exempts law enforcement officers from Freedom of Information Act requirements, should be passed to protect officers and their families from being targeted for violence.
“Unfortunately, our culture has changed,” he said. “Many times, police officers are considered fair game.”
Cosgrove referenced a tabloid newspaper in San Antonio this year toying with the idea of publishing the names and addresses of all city police officers. The editor in chief backed off the idea but said the paper was considering doing it to protect "
http://pilotonline.com/news/government/virginia/senate-passes-bill-to-keep-names-of-virginia-police-deputies/article_6f0f96b7-e369-583b-8168-f3f0abce19aa.html