These values are claimed to lead to the code; isolation and solidarity leading to police officers sticking to their own kind, producing an us-against-them mentality.
After a few months of working to move them forward to funding, the partners' passion for "their" project began creating divisions and an us-against-them mentality took hold.
The us-against-them mentality that can result leads to officers backing each other up and staying loyal to one another; in some situations it leads to not ratting on fellow officers.
I think by now most of us are aware of the controversy surrounding the project, the political firestorm it's caused, and the us-against-them mentality that has swept our country.
