Read a couple posts up, I don't give another cop any blind faith just because he has a badge. Even if it's the same one I have. I am an FTO (Field Training Officer) and am all too familiar with the **** poor minimum training standards.
And for personal blind faith, well, I'd have to get to know someone personally before I put any kind of faith in them like that, cop, priest, judge, whatever they do....
EDIT: Found the post I referenced.
I had read that was offering an explanation on why so many of us that are Veterans seem to have a Distrust of LEOs...
Well that and the fact that some of us have worked for, with, or around enough of the Alphabet Agencies to give anyone a strong distrust of anyone with Authority granted by the State...