posted 08-29- 10:56 PM               

This is taken from a "Community Policing" question and answer via
e-mail forum in California:

The question is:

I would like to know how it is possible for police officers to harass
people and get away with it? And where can you go for help other than a civil attorney?

And the reply form a really cool cop was:

It is not easy. In California we average one cop for every 2000 people. About 60% of those cops are on patrol, where we do most of the harassing. One-fifth of that 60% are on duty at any moment and available for harassing people. So, one cop is responsible to harass about 10,000 residents.
When you toss in the commercial, business and tourist locations that attract people from other areas, sometimes you have a situation where a single cop is responsible for harassing 20,000 or more people a day. A ten hour shift runs 36,000 seconds. This gives one cop one second to harass a person, and three-fourths of a second to eat a donut AND find a new person to harass. This is not an easy task. Most cops are not up to it day in and day out. It is just too tiring. What we do is utilize some tools to help us narrow down those which we harass.
They are as follows:

posted 08-30- 12:20 AM               

If you can start the day without caffeine,

if you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,

if you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,

if you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it,

if you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give
you any time,

if you can overlook it when those you love take it out on you when,
though no fault of yours, something goes wrong,

if you can take criticism and blame without resentment,

if you can resist treating a rich friend better than a poor friend,

if you can face the world without lies and deceit,

if you can conquer tension without medical help,

if you can relax without liquor,

if you can sleep without the aid of drugs,

if you can honestly say that deep in your heart you have no prejudice
against creed, color, religion, gender preference, or politics,