I can speak from experience that if you live in the inner city and the response time is horrible, it's an administrative / political issue, not because the cops are pricks. Just not enough of them on duty because the budget in a bankrupt Detroit had no money to pay them. It's disgraceful.
Krazycuda...As for having a gun pointed in your sons face, I'm sure there was a reason for that. Maybe one you have no knowledge of. I've pointed my gun at totally innocent people, handcuffed them and questioned them. Because they fit the description of a dangerous perp who we were searching for. That's not personal and it's a shame when it happens, but it's part of the process of locking up criminals. Real criminals. Not speeders. I've even had our dispatch relay the description over the radio so the innocent person could hear exactly why they got a gun pointed at them. Most understand. Some don't. If the cop that pointed a gun at your son really had no reason... Shame on him.
67Dart... Speeding, extra pay? Really? And in my whole reply, I never once implied that police officers were the only profession that was heroic.. Or that I was better than anyone else. Just tried to give you a little insight to what our lives were like. And our "power" is constantly monitored. By everyone as well as the job. What do you do for a living?