I think 99% of the police force across the nation does a heroic and fantastic job. But when people see a patrol car stopped for hours, they wonder where their tax dollars are going.
That piece of buttering up isn't going to get you out of your next ticket. And most of the law enforcement do the best they can working in the current system which is broken. Like any profession, they do have their share of jerks, and like all other professions, the jerks are what they are all judged by. The local telephone company had the same problem here years ago. Six of their outside repair people would take their trucks and park at some restaurant in Redding and sit there all day. Then turn in the trouble tickets they were supposed to be working on as No Trouble Found. At least that part wasn't a lie. But after some citizen taped their trucks for a few days, all of them were transferred to Southern Calif. Only time we ever got to get even with that part of the state for anything.
Ron
