Kevlar Cops

I only saw the ad on CNN once last night and I have no idea if the book is good, bad, or indifferent, but it struck me odd that many -- if not most -- of the images used to flog Police Heroes featured cops in full battle-dress. Helmets, body-armor, fully-automatic weapons, the whole kit. Looked like a bunch of special-ops warriors, not your local constables.

Then again, maybe that is how the public wants to see its police officers: Fantastically outfitted to do battle with the forces of evil. Not so much police heroes, but police superheroes.