DrMaddVibe raises what is for me, an interesting viewpoint ... in my life, I've observed that ther is such a thing as a "typical cop" attitude ... I think it's fair to say, that more cops exhibit that attitude than the more noble, friend of the community, good-guy defender of the citizenry at large ...
Quite frankly, while I think that a guy of my age with my background and viewpoint SHOULD be a cop's best friend, I am leery of cops in general and do not feel that they are necessarily my friend, simply by being a cop ... more often than not, the opposite is true ...
BUT ... that stereotypical attitude does not apply to all cops by any means ... in their posts on the board and in my personal communiction with Rookie and Sgt Crossbones, for example, I don't see that attitude in anything they've ever said ... I regard those guys as friends ... I see my son making a conscious effort to avoid taking on the stereotypical personna ... and there are a handful of others I know who do likewise, guys who are decent folks, who DO have a good outlook, who DO work hard to do their jobs the right way and resist falling into the "typical cop' trap ...
Rayder1, in my observation, is clearly a "good-cop" ... not only have I seen his work here and exchanged personal notes, I've had the pleasure of being around him in person ... and Doc, while I really do think you've got a legitimate bone to pick with a hell of a lot of cops, I gotta tell you, Rayder isn't one of them ... if someone IS gonna stop you on the highway, I'd say you should hope it's him or a guy a lot like him ... that's MY viewpoint and I'm stickin' with it ...