>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
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<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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