It is very possible for police to carry out their major functions and treat everyone the same, even minorities. I have been a police officer in Knoxville, Tennessee for the last 18 years and I am known across the city as a very fair officer that doesn’t play. The motto I live by each day is to treat everyone the way I want to be treated. I do not racially profile, but what I do and teach is get out and learn everyone in the community and their families. If I see someone, who does not live there, loitering by themselves, I will conduct a field interview no matter their race or ethnicity. I do not arrest when I can issue a citation, unless they met certain criteria. Most importantly, I treat everyone with dignity, even after a violent
