I have never had the good fortune of a cop helping me in any way what so ever.

Hence my argument for involving them more in the community instead of just, for example, running my plates every time I drive through downtown after midnight (in a particular town in New Jersey because I have NY plates). Maybe I’d have a more positive image of them.

Maybe if I didn’t have two separate cops lie under oath (to back each other up of course) I’d be more respectful of them.

In a separate incident, if a cop hadn’t scoured the floor of my car for some weed fragments because he was so darn sure me and my friend had drugs when he pulled us over and was pissed he couldn’t find anything more, I’d feel like they really are looking out for my best interests. Note: the weed fragments were enough to impound the car and take both me and friend for a 12 hour visit to the holding tank.

The case was eventually dismissed of course. The cop told us it would be. But he said he wanted to teach us a lesson since he just knew we were “dopers.”

I could go on. There’s more for me and I haven’t even begun to talk about the nightmare experiences of my friends and family.

Look, like I said. I speak only from experience. I know the police have a difficult time. I did write a post explaining how I think they can be improved and I am all for increasing their pay.

But you know, there are only so many times you can be burned before you loose any measure of respect.

Maybe some day I can report a more positive experience.

I’m still waiting….