Timothy Egan:

Life is full of risk. [And] the fear-industrial complex continues to dominate national priorities.

Thomas Fuentes:

Keep Fear Alive. Keep it alive.

Seth Stoughton:

Law enforcement has developed a "warrior" problem.

Under this warrior worldview, officers are locked in intermittent and unpredictable combat with unknown but highly lethal enemies. As a result, officers learn to be afraid. That isn't the word used in law enforcement circles, of course. Vigilant, attentive, cautious, alert, or observant are the terms that appear most often in police publications. But make no mistake, officers don't learn to be vigilant, attentive, cautious, alert, and observant just because it's fun. They do so because they are afraid. Fear is ubiquitous in law enforcement.

Douglasville Deputy Chief Gary E. Sparks:

It's better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.