I think that it goes beyond the Good Cop / Bad Cop mentality. I think that there is also another category. What to call them, I dont know, but they are the Cops that do just enough to to get by and draw a paycheck. Remember it is easier to write you up for excessive noise, than it is to catch a true criminal.
It is the same way in the military. You have soldiers who love being soldiers, and do everything they can to excel. They take pride in what they do. Then you have the ones that only do what they have to, the bare minimum, and then complain the whole time they are doing it.
Actually, this is probably true for every profession out there.
I know about 1/2 of the Swat and D.A.R.T. team members in Aurora, Colorado. They are all excellent police officers, that work hard at fighting crime. And I respect each and every one of them.
Then on the other hand, I have known a few others that I have absolutely no respect for because they have in my eyes, either abused the position that they hold, have a lack of respect for others because of their position, or they just dont seem to care.
I give every police officer I meet the benefit of the doubt. For the most part, most of them dont seem that bad.
By the way I'll keep looking out here in Tooele County.
