Finally some common sense. Too bad more cops aren’t like you. Perhaps many wouldn’t have lost such respect for the profession if they were.
Thank you for that, sir.
I’m retired. I’m a dinosaur. I learned from my day’s oldtimers. Be polite, friendly, know the law, apply it fairly and equally, be helpful, avoid an arrest if a talking to will do and kick the $hit out of someone if they have it coming. That was the true test. Knowing who needed their head thumped and who just needed a talking to. We also had very thick skins. If I had a buck for every ignored insult or threat thrown my way I could buy a very nice ride.