I would have to say that a small minority are okay. We have a Police Seargent here in my area that hates Harleys and pisses everyone off. (defected me) Most are uppity because of the uniform, especially if they are short arses. Amuses me to see 5 foot nothing police women, running around with 10kg of crap hanging off their belts, good push and they would'nt be able to get up in a hurry. I've had good and bad experiences over the years. The bad ones give them all a bad name I rekon. Here is SA it's all about revenue raising, no questions asked, no warnings etc, so no wonder people loose respect for them. The jackboot Labor Government have a lot to answer for, they are using the cops to push their own agenda....and we all know about that.

I dont think anyone in this thread said he was a nice cop. Also, you also agree he didnt give a rats about the blinkers, plates, etc, as I said. But really, if his car is stolen, or house broken into and he wants to make an insurance claim, the insurance company will be looking for the police report. So who's he gonna call....ghostbusters?
The point is dont be frazzled by some dimwits. Geez, just because they are cops, doesnt make em arseholes, but also, certainly doesnt make em geniuses either.
So, if you want to think all cops are arseholes, excellent, go for it. But again, not ALL cops are aresholes, which therefore means some are. Just gotta be smarter than them, which really, going by the desperation to recruit these days, isnt going to be too hard.

Over educated and not street savy...........the text book taught generation of police...........In days gone bye they were educated in common sence and knew when to put the book back in thier pockets.........now the book is firmly attached to thier fingers..........

I went for a ride new years day, came around a blind corner just off the freeway exit straight into a shit load of coppers all standing in the middle of the road waving frantically at me with those floro lite sabers, some where even running toward me, naturally it was a sphincter puckering moment as I thought they were going to pull their guns out they were so into the idea of stopping me before i could pull up. I recon there were 6 or 7 cops, all seemed to be only interested in me. A bike cop even ran toward his bike to get ready for a hot pursuit.

3 of them stood around me while i was asked to blow in the bag. i did so with no worries as i was dead sober. the cop asked me to try again, the other two got closer and one got behind me.(i hate that) I blew a second time. malfunction again. the cop asked me to blow a third time, still no reading, by this time all the others were around me completely ignoring all other traffic, they got a new unit and i blew a fourth time. all good zero reading. not good enough, they got a third unit, here blow in this one as well, just in case one of em said, I said no, i blew four times you got your reading im not blowing in another one. Get off the bike sir, why, just get off the bike, by now im completely encircled by blue shirts. cars are rubbernecking. they go over my bike with a fine tooth comb, radio all my particulars, ask me what my badge is all about (social club im in) and generally give me the third degree. they checked my helmet for the sticker they read my engine number and frame number, they seemed so pissed off that they couldn't fault me it was amazing. i rode away unscathed but freaked out. if i had of had anything wrong they would have jumped on me hard, they seemed to want me bad.

I spose if i hadn't refused to blow in the third bag i wouldn't have got the treatment. times are changing for motorcyclists around here that's for sure. never been harassed quite like that before. I dont think all cops are pricks like most people arent, but this crew definitely were.

That suxs Swifty, hope you had a good day after that...hope you laughed out loudly around the corner. Bucket, that suxs also about the spare tyre not being pumped up...i knew they could get you for not having a spare. I found that out when i was a young bloke.

yeah Fang the argument never works in your favor.

Yeah Tapey i had a great ride that day and no more dramas, scraped my platforms thru all the hills and dales had a good steak meal at a pub up Melany way finished up pissed at a good mates place bobbing around in the pool. rode home sober the next day.

Shogun your right mate this is a Queensland im unfamiliar with. but still wouldn't be anywhere else for quids

Obiwan , dont let me sway you mate, just about everyone of the southerners Ive met say they want to sell up and move up here. its grouse mate, choice, primo, sweeeeet,and solid man. I think that covers the synonyms from around the ridges. cool hey.

We got it easy compared to your uptight over regulated laws. I use to live in one of those countries where the government wants to do your living for you! But hey, there is no perfect place to live they all got their plus and minuses. Looks like that cop was just playing with you man.

rockenrobert

  

Thats gold Beez..........

FFS

how many times when we were young dumb and full of cum did you not  hesitate to belt a dickhead and teach him at  lessonat a pub only to find it was/was not a copper. they all are humans just like all the fuckwits we deal with every day. how you deal with people says a lot about YOU.

dont forget you are not getting called to 3 kids killed in a crash at 3 in the morning. arseholes or not no one deserves that and i hope i dont offend anyone(seriously)

at least this thread has got opinions from a lot of people

I got pulled up by an old copper a few weeks back, during the xmas blitz, i was .06, he asked me how far from home i was, i said half a klick, and he just said "See ya later, Merry Xmas and take it easy."

I got pulled over by a good one i reckon.

Darlington traffic lights, Adelaide, 11.30 at night I'm stopped.

Cop bike pulls up alongside, lights go green cop bike drags off not quite smokin the tyres or pullin a wheelie, but he lets rip. Dermie thinks thats ok he will do the same. Top of the hill there are two sets of lights slightly staggered, say 150 meters apart, maybe 250m I was travellin fast, in fact I was doin 120kph through the red. I would not normally do this but the lights had just turned on me & I could see the other two roads on either side of the intersections were clear, so as I thought the road was clear in all directions I decided not to jam on the stoppers & press on. As I passed through the second set of lights at 120kph in an (if I remember an 80kph zone) I see the blue flashing ligh in my mirrors. Fuck fuck fuck, i'm goin to jail was my first thought. I pulled over at the layby just past the lights and put my head on the tank in dispair. The bike cop gave me a big dressing down from a law abiding motor cyclist to one that also usually is (except when it is safe not to). 

Then he told me to go on my way & that if he ever saw me breaking the law again he would throw the book at me.

He was definitly a good cop to me that night. 

no usually the divvy van cops are alright,its the highway patrol that are fucked! even the other cops dont like these blokes.