Well, I noticed the difference. Up in New York (upstate) the cops were friendly and non-aggressive as can be. I'd have no problem having them around.
Then I came to the South. What a difference! Like angry hornets waiting to sting!
I asked a few Southerners, and they all confirmed my opinion... but the problem is probably all over....
I love Rochester city cops... like the time my band smoked a joint on the side of a parking garage downtown and walked around the corner to 4 cops standing there laughing at us (whoops! good sense of humor, though, officers!) Or the time I was dead broke and let my car insurance lapse, which caused my NYS DMV registration to get revoked, and I got pulled over for a burned out headlight on the way back from a party. Good thing it was in a bad neighborhood, the cop says "son, you want to tell me why you have no insurance?" When I explained I was dead broke and that was also the reason they suspended my registration he says "well, just get the hell out of here and fix up your problems".
Sometimes I like living in a high-crime city. LOL!