Federal government, not since Reagan. State and local, never that I can recall. I was an anti-hippie patriot in the 60's but as a rather libertarian conservative, could seldom argue with their indictment of the exercise of police power by the State. You only need one run-in with an honest-to-god dishonest a-hole PIG to solve that dilemma. Permanently.
Yep! That's the problem. I am sure there are honest police. You just can't tell the difference by looking.