The point I was making is that the disrespect used to largely undeserved. Now increasingly it’s seen as deserved. If course a lot of it has to do with surveillance (things like red light cameras)and the ever increasing list of laws. Nothing will corrupt the cops quicker than having to enforce a bunch of questionable laws, IMO.
That itself is frightening; people feel like you have to prove you’re worthy of respect and consideration, you aren’t given a chance the first time around.