I don't understand this cop bashing crap. Cops have the toughest job in the world, they have to deal with the worst of us and do so day in and day out, year after year and then have to deal with the politics of the community and the department, then have to watch know criminals get off on light sentences. Cops suffer from more on the job stress (known as PTSD) than any other occupation, divorce is the highest of any occupation. Read this for more insight on this occupation:
https://www.soc.umn.edu/~samaha/cases/police_stress.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0926105029.htm
And while some of you are bashing cops you expect them to save your life and those of your family should a gun man threaten you or them and put their lives in front of yours, which they do day in and day out yet we don't hear the news of all the times a cop puts his life on the line, just when a cop finally blows a fuse from stress and does something wrong that they regret and will have to live with that stress of knowing that for the rest of their lives and then the news sensationalizes it. A cop is a human being not a superhuman factory made robots as Dave Cutter said, and as a human being most have a finite breaking point due to the stress, this is usually taken out on the women that they love, but when it gets really bad they take it out on a citizen, usually a citizen that is trouble maker. Cops that are employed by large cities are the ones especially susceptible to on the job stress, small little 20,000 population towns not so much, most of these types suffer from boredom, and on top of the stress of being a cop in a large city, just living not even as a cop in a large city is more stressful than living in a small town, so the cop gets stressed from two different angles.
So the next time you get pulled over be extremely nice to the cop, ask them how there day is going, keep your hands on the steering wheel the whole time from when the cop exits his car and don't move them until the cop ask for you ID and registration, then before you move your hands tell the cop your id is in your wallet in your purse or back pocket and ask permission to retrieve it slowly, then hands back on the steering wheel after you gave them the ID and ask permission again to retrieve your car and insurance papers out of the glove box and retrieve it slowly then hands back on the steering wheel and remain there until you get your papers back and have to sign the ticket. Then thank the cop for doing such a great job for the community even though you may be hating the idea of receiving a ticket, but they're just doing their job to enforce the law that you failed to do your job at keeping, and offer to shake their hand by extending yours. You would be surprise if you do those steps I outlined here how many cops will let you go without a ticket.