Most cops today are nothing like the cops we grew up with....I knew them by name and they knew who I was...got caught drinking beer (underage) behind the school more times than I could count...
“you boys know you arent allowed to be here after dark, or drinking, put that beer in the trash can and you better be gone when we come back in 15 minutes”
“Yes sir”
They would pull out....we would grab our beer and go someplace else.....but they also knew we were harmless teens just having fun....not a major crime wave.
Hell I remember a time when I was a kid the cops dropped off my grandfather drunk WITH his car.
Depends where you grew up. In west L.A., they were arseholes in the late 60's. Got stopped, ordered out of the car as well as my friend for alleged speeding, going along with the flow of traffic. Cops proceeded to open my glove compartment and rifle through it without permission, etc.
Let us go eventually with a 10mph over ticket, but certainly were looking for anything they could beyond a simple ticket. Did not even mention how could I be speeding while following a dozen other cars, good thing, would have invited a beat down maybe even back then.
Never had a lick of respect for them since. Many more corrupt encounters with them since. Punks, all.