My uncle-in-law or whatever that makes him came into my humble town of 10,000 this weekend to bring his baby boy to see his aunt. While visiting, he went to the store. He came to a stop sign, made a complete stop, saw an officer down the street then proceeded to pull out. The officer promptly pulled him over. He thoroughly questioned him on why he drove 3 hours to my city and what was he "really" doing here and did he even have a baby or was that an act? Then wrote him a ticket for not stopping at the sign. When he told the officer that he had even seen him down the street and made sure to stop completely, the officer replied, well yes you did but you didnt wait three seconds before proceeding...... a few months ago i was pulled over and questioned thoroughly by an officer for about 15 minutes without cause. When i asked him what his cause for pulling me over after making a turn (and using my blinker) he said, i did not "maintain control of the right hand lane long enough before moving to the left lane" i thought ARE YOU EFFING KIDDING ME!?!?!!? i maintained calm though and apologized for my ignorance and asked for mercy. he promptly pulled out his ticket book.
my point to my rant is, it seems (in my area at least) that officers have forgotten it is their job to serve and protect. serve coming first in that statement.
i also want to vent that we have 25+ full time local officers + part timers, county HQ and state police HQ. the upside is, there is no crime
oh and because the crown vics werent very fuel efficient, and the dodge chargers they just got get a staggering 12.3mpg the way they drive them, they went out and got 4 brand new tahoes! it seems we are spending ourselves into oblivian