I had a long conversation with a workmate that was an ex-cop and his father is still a sheriff. I asked him about my theory about the type of people that become cops. He said it was pretty accurate and amplified thusly:
About a quarter of them are the “donut shop” cops. They want to avoid work and may see you run a stop sign righ in front of them but won’t pull you over because it’s a lot of work.
About a quarter are the true blue “protect and serve” guys that really want to make a difference.
The other half are either just plain brown shirts on a power trip or the high school jocks that couldn’t find anything else and end up similar to the brown shirts.
That’s why I’m always polite. You never know when you are being pulled over by the bad 50%.
Sounds good to me,