>Andrew, > >Not the norm. Most of our officers do a heck of a job under trying >circumstances, including folks taking an occasional pot shot at them >just because they are police officers. > >Yes, there are those who are on the force because they are on "power >trips"; those folks should never be given that power. > >I simply hate to have my friends from other parts of the world paint our >country with a broad brush, making assumptions about all of us from a >few anecdotes. We, just like you, are a country of individuals. Don't >assume that because you know my neighbor that you also know me. > >Karl Wolz > >> From what I gather, the US has a lot of insolent cops. Here they'd >> look at vehicle legality, but unless you gave them reason to look >> furthetr, that's all they'd look into. Intimidation from cops is not >> on. Hi Karl Yes, very true. I don't mean to denigrate honest cops, who have a horrible job. Is there any way to get the rotten ones out of the force? -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut |
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