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.