Klapton,
Just how sure are you. Can You honestly trust your life and your families lives with every organization member? I know I could with military vets with my same mind set whether they are Army, Navy, National Guard or other fellow Marines. I have been around a lot of civilian police and There are many of them that would say one thing and do the other. I have been there and seen it with my own eyes! That is not the case with honorable military that would take a bullet for a friend and put their life on the line for our country and the U.S. Constitution.
I will honor my oath I made.
For the sake of our outreach, and the tiny hope we might reach some, I refrain from speaking my whole mind about cops on oath keeper pages. There are several HUGE differences between military vs. LEO that are worth noting:
* "Officer safety" is pounded into them from the academy on. Soldiers are taught that the mission comes first, and their safety second. "Officer safety" is usually given as the excuse for cops who murder innocent people because of their own fear and/or incompetence. "Protect and serve" therefore is a bunch of BS. They protect and serve themselves. They want to be seen as heroes, like soldiers who give their lives for their country. Sorry pal, you're not.
* Before a soldier gets to bark orders at anyone, they spend as many as 3 or 4 years doing nothing but TAKING orders first. Cops get to start barking orders at people from the moment they hit the streets. And in the military, those who hold rank also understand that everyone has a chain of command. And even though you outrank someone, you have no authority over that person unless they are in your chain of command. Unless of course we are talking about "general military authority" which actually goes BOTH ways. A lower rank can correct a higher rank if they are clearly out of regs. Cops on the other hand are the lords of their domain with authority to detain and harass ANYONE they want. And most of those people have no idea of their rights, and no idea whether they can or can't disobey whatever the cop is saying.
The result of this is that if you want to be a professional bully and boss people around all the time, be a COP, not a soldier.
* In my 21 years, I never pointed my weapon at an ENEMY (thank God) let alone a fellow American. Cops point their guns at Americans all the time. Which do you think is more likely to get the Oath Keepers message of "Do not turn your guns on Americans?"
* Police routinely get away with heinous crimes that would land soldiers in Leavenworth. This promotes that attitude that they are above the law. Soldiers are governed by much stricter laws than police or civilians (UCMJ), and there is VERY little slack in its enforcement. Consequently, soldiers have a much greater respect for the rule of laws than most cops do.
* Cops lie all the time. They are trained to lie in order to trick perps into confessing. They lie to cover each others asses when their buddies do wrong. Don't get me wrong... EVERYONE lies. I will lie to save my own skin. I will probably lie to help a friend, if I must. For cops, lying is SOP. I am saying this to address your point that "many of them that would say one thing and do the other." I agree.
So no... I don't "trust" anyone I don't actually know. I'm hoping to move away from where I currently live, where I see the police force as being a lost cause. And it is my hope that wherever I move to, the police force will be small enough that I can actually know everyone on it, and get some idea where they stand. If there are too many for me to do that, I'm not rural enough.
If / when TSHTF, I will NOT see a badge as a friend. I will see someone who still works for the assholes trying to oppress, extort, subdue, or kill me.
EDIT: Did you watch what was happening during all the unrest in Egypt? Police were taking off their uniforms and quitting, because people were beating the shit out of cops. When the military stepped in to establish order, the people settled down. Why? Because they respected the military, and believed that they existed to protect them. The cops on the other hand they knew only existed to harass them and take their money.