In my opinion, two types of personalities are apt to become cops, brave and altruistic people and also somewhat stupid and prone to bullying people. I like to think, in cases such as this, that the majority of the group were the altruistic kind, just following the orders of one of the stupid kind. I think we need the police in our society and I know there are good cop stories, it's the stupid cop stories that get the media attention though, they highlight the bullies.
It's completely unrelated to the OP, but I have one good cop story - I bought a new car about 6 weeks ago (2015 Chevy Cruze LTZ, in case anyone is wondering - it's been a plethora of issues, and I totally get why GM is failing so hard). And about 2 weeks ago, I was pulled over on the side of the highway by a provincial sergeant (an older woman). She was firm and asked me for my license and registration without telling me why she pulled me over, which made me very nervous. I wasn't speeding at all, and actually riding on cruise control to be sure. At first she was reluctant to tell me why she pulled me over, and then asked me if I had just bought my car, and I said yes and told her that I had bought it only a few weeks ago. Apparently the dealership failed to register my plates, and the plates I had been driving with were coming up as stolen! She was concerned that I was driving a stolen vehicle! After I explained everything to her and showed her all of my paperwork, she was really respectful. She looked up my old plates that I had and saw that they were still on my old car, which I had traded in. She gave me instructions on where to go to gt it fixed on Monday, and told me what I needed to do to have it taken care of. She gave me her card as well so if I get pulled over I can tell them that I talked to her. She didn't give me a ticket or a hard time about anything. She was literally just doing her job.
I have plenty of bad cop stories, but this woman was an exception. She was excellent. I wish there were more cops like her, who actually want to do their job and help people instead of just bully everyone around.
In my opinion, two types of personalities are apt to become cops, brave and altruistic people and also somewhat stupid and prone to bullying people. I like to think, in cases such as this, that the majority of the group were the altruistic kind, just following the orders of one of the stupid kind. I think we need the police in our society and I know there are good cop stories, it's the stupid cop stories that get the media attention though, they highlight the bullies.
It's completely unrelated to the OP, but I have one good cop story - I bought a new car about 6 weeks ago (2015 Chevy Cruze LTZ, in case anyone is wondering - it's been a plethora of issues, and I totally get why GM is failing so hard). And about 2 weeks ago, I was pulled over on the side of the highway by a provincial sergeant (an older woman). She was firm and asked me for my license and registration without telling me why she pulled me over, which made me very nervous. I wasn't speeding at all, and actually riding on cruise control to be sure. At first she was reluctant to tell me why she pulled me over, and then asked me if I had just bought my car, and I said yes and told her that I had bought it only a few weeks ago. Apparently the dealership failed to register my plates, and the plates I had been driving with were coming up as stolen! She was concerned that I was driving a stolen vehicle! After I explained everything to her and showed her all of my paperwork, she was really respectful. She looked up my old plates that I had and saw that they were still on my old car, which I had traded in. She gave me instructions on where to go to gt it fixed on Monday, and told me what I needed to do to have it taken care of. She gave me her card as well so if I get pulled over I can tell them that I talked to her. She didn't give me a ticket or a hard time about anything. She was literally just doing her job.
I have plenty of bad cop stories, but this woman was an exception. She was excellent. I wish there were more cops like her, who actually want to do their job and help people instead of just bully everyone around.