While I admit that my posts thus far may have led you to think that I do not respect law officers in general, the fact is that I do not paint them all with the same brush.
The problem is that I doubt that my rural community experiences are unique. A friend doing research for an erroneous drunken driving charge discovered a routine pattern of cops waiting across the street from drinking establishments, then following and pulling the driver over on the pretext of "weaving across the center line". In at least one instance the designated driver had had nothing to drink, but her passengers had. After demanding that the passengers step out of the vehicle, they were then on public property, and were arrested for public drunkeness. In many instances, such arrestees were offered the option of contributing to the sherriff's drug fund and no charges would be filed. (Our retired former sherriff is a very rich man today, BTW)
And I personally witnessed many of these officers lying under oath, determined to maintain the blue wall (and there were rumors that at least one officer who refused to lie was threatened by his fellow officers).