[B-Chan]

In my experience, ma’am, the reason no one ever hears about the cops who do their jobs with quiet competency, kindness, and professionalism is because such cops are rare.

I’m glad your experience has been better.

And thank you for the Father’s Day greetings. It was a wonderful day!

[VermiciousKnid]

Fair enough, B-Chan. I’m sorry your experience has been so negative, I truly am.

But I’m VERY happy you had a great Father’s Day!

Regards,

[fireman15]

At my location I work regularly with approximately 20 different police officers. 19 of them are really great guys who get along with just about everyone. Most of them will go out of their way to help even those who give them very little respect. 1 is a complete jerk who swore at me and threatened to arrest me while I was doing my job. Everyone knows who he is and what he is like, but unfortunately it is not that easy to get rid of someone like that. They reassigned him so that he comes into contact with the public less.

My feeling is that if you are having a difficult time with the police on repeated occasions that there may be something about your mannerisms that the officers you are coming into contact with are interpreting as hostile. I have seen this at a lot of different scenes; I try to give helpful hints to people who I see who look like they are likely to get into some sort of confrontation with the police. It is human nature to pick up on nonverbal communication.