I – Policing is the concept in which a formal organization is empowered to serve a given population in clearly defined ways.

II – Such an organization is tasked with the enforcement of codified laws.

III – Such an organization is tasked with the protection of the population.

IV – Such an organization itself must be governed by clearly defined laws.

V – The members of such an organization must be held to a more stringent legal standard than those they police.

VI – The members of such an organization must be held to a more stringent moral standard than those they police.

VII – Policing can only operate by the mutual consent of those who are policed.

VIII – Policing can only persist so long as there is benefit to the population it serves.