In a completely peaceful world, no one likes the cops. They are viewed as unnecessary, a self-righteous waste, and have an inherent motivation to keep there own power and position using an ever-changing morality that allows necessitates their power.

In a more realistic, tumultuous world, the cops are still only appreciated by victims, and despised by the true criminals. As a citizen of a police nation (a child of a cop, if you like the analogy), there will be a much greater risk to the family. A child might be kidnapped for ransom, or killed in vengeance. Or the cop could simply be injured, and quickly be unable to provide for the family. The entire family would have to be incredibly wise about the risks, and be prepared to absorb and react indifferently to any of those risks, or they destroy the foundations of the ideals that gave the cop the moral high ground of his position in the first place. (IMHO, we OVERREACTED to 9-11. I'm not diminishing the lives lost, or the importance of security - but a reaction is EXACTLY what Bin Laden hoped for. Had we mourned our dead, quickly rebuilt, and wisely characterized Al Qaida as "just some "whackos who got through," we could have made their grand scheme seem uneffective. They planned 9-11 for 9 or more years. If it gave 99.9999% of Americans a bad week, instead of 8 or more bad years, terrorists would have a much tougher time committing and focusing on the next attempt.)

In ANY scenario, power wielding authority figures don't find more respect and appreciation than the hardworking, unassuming, innovators who thrive.

Google "Terrorist Attacks on Switzerland". There are 4 results.

They all refer to the lack thereof.

Being a police nation is asking for the strongest and sometimes most numerous enemies.