I've dealt with a few cops, about 80% of them are a-holes.
As far as them getting a 9mo degree? That doesn't happen here. In MN you need a 4 year college degree to be a police officer.
That aside a man was recently refused for entry because he was "too smart." That's right, they wouldn't hire him because he was too smart on their tests to be a cop. The man sued, took it up to the higher courts and lost. The argument was it was a bad investment. Nobody with any brain's would stay being a cop was basically the argument of the state; therefore, once the man had served a while he would probably quit. LOL.
Now, before you get all pissed at the cops for busting up street races, they DO NOT decide what is the prime offense to crack down on. That info comes down from the chief. The chief gets it from the mayor, the mayor get's it from the people and the city counsil. If nobody was complaining about it, you wouldn't be getting busted. The cop is just doing what he's told to do, for the most part.
That being said, most people seem to become law enforcement officers because they got their lunch money stolen one too many times in school. They usually have a control problem, and a sense of gratification in having power over other people. That's why they chose their profession in the first place. They all like to say they do it to "help people," but that makes 90% of them liars.
People say that 1 or 2 bad cops gives the other 98 a bad name. I think other police would like to believe they are workin with good guys, but like I said, from my experiance, 80% of them are asses.
Also, it really pisses me off when I start hearing about how little they make. Seems strange to me since an rookie makes over 50k/year in my city, he's furnished with his own car to take home as well. Doesn't sound too bad to me.
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