They can do anything. Police have been constantly oh some sort of mission to separate "them" from "us". It is not just one event, it is a series of events than eventually have defined a police culture as such, as if they are somehow the overseers of society. This evolving culture does not see the police as part of the community, to protect and serve, but as separate and distinct from the community, with their own set of rules and its own mission.
If they need to impress the sarge, they'll feign a drug bust, they get caught, most of the public still thinks besides a few bad apples - they're the good guys.
If they need to impress the sarge, they'll feign a drug bust, they get caught, most of the public still thinks besides a few bad apples - they're the good guys.