Gone are the days of the friendly cop who settled disputes without arrests, put people in the drunk tank to cool off without charges, gave you a warning, etc... They were peace officers, serving and protecting. Keeping everyone on a even keel.
Now it's "law enforcement", which is a drastic change in verbiage and therefore mindset. We're all viewed as perps. A cop walks up to you and in his mind he's already deciding on what charges he can hit you with.
And now that most cities view us as walking piggy banks, these charges are getting more ridiculous. There are fines and tickets for just about everything imaginable. You question them at all and you get resisting arrest or trumped up "assault of a police officer". They are the bureaucracy's enforcers.
Now it's "law enforcement", which is a drastic change in verbiage and therefore mindset. We're all viewed as perps. A cop walks up to you and in his mind he's already deciding on what charges he can hit you with.
And now that most cities view us as walking piggy banks, these charges are getting more ridiculous. There are fines and tickets for just about everything imaginable. You question them at all and you get resisting arrest or trumped up "assault of a police officer". They are the bureaucracy's enforcers.