[Paridel]

Some of what you see is driven by the Municipality they work for (Not a good reason, but they need to keep their jobs too.)

I think this is a good point you bring up here, I don't know if it is true but I have heard of Municipalities putting officers on a quota system. (i.e. you *will* issue x number of tickets this month).

What I have a problem with is not so much the officers as the system, I think often traffic ticket schemes are sometimes not designed to reduce accidents but rather to increase revenue. I have heard from several civil engineers that traffic light fatalities could be reduced by increasing the length of yellow lights, but that typically light timings are optimized for revenue not safety.

That in particular is clearly not the fault of the officers. I certainly don't think that all "Cops are Nazis", and I also understand that is would be hard not to get a little bit jaded when you have to worry about getting shot at after pulling some over for a minor traffic violation.

When writing this reply I started thinking about a relative of mine... he is on the Maryland highway patrol, and he talks about not letting the outliers give him a bad impression of the populous as a whole. I suppose I should apply this to the police force as well.

Anyway, I appreciate your work, personally I would have a hard time sticking to a job that has the possibility of getting shot at by the people I'm trying to protect.

-paridel

[5Madman2]

If I tried to argue any point you made on Municpalities, I would be guilty of lying or being Pollyanna.

Fortunately, I am not under any of those restrictions

I know of some that are. The ones that don't llike it make do. The ones that do like make all others look bad.

Good Luck and Thank you