You bring up an interesting point. When I met my wife she lived in a small midwestern town. A lot of the local teen and pre-teen males were having ridiculous run-in’s with the local sheriff’s deputies over nit issues. I mean police brutality stuff.
But my wife sais, that it is what you expect when you have guys in their early 20’s with almost no training making minimum wage, and then hand them a Glock and a badge.
I have a close relative that works for a Sheriff’s Department. They are also well paid, He/she has told us, (the Family), that the Deputies and the detectives are a bunch of “bullies”. Mind you it’s one person’s opinion. But it does make you wonder, a lot. Especially since my relative has been working there for over twenty years.
Here’s one of those sheriff’s departments:
http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2013/06/09/1255375?sac=fo.local
My father and uncle, both retired cops, often talk about the new generation being a bunch of bullies. If experienced COPS share the opinion, I think you can rest assured that it is more than a single random opinion.