RE: The 5th Amendment and You

You raise something very important, thank you. Well said. When public safety is at risk, it is often not because ordinary citizens deliberately and maliciously endanger it. The service the police provided in my case was the best option of all. They helped instead of aggravating. It was such a good experience because they did not make me feel like a criminal and because they solved the problem in the most elegant way.
When people don't treat each other like criminals, a lot is gained.
The dichotomy for a sincere police officer to turn against his fellow citizens and treat and prosecute them like criminals is one I'm sure many have found themselves in over the years.
How the decomposition of moral principles can occur is not easy to answer. But I think it has to do with the fact that modern people are brought up to be immature in matters of conscience, or that we people in modern societies do not believe in anything that gives us an inner compass.
Finding spiritual orientation can be a task that serves as a counterpart to what we find insoluble in the world.