Bingo!
Char-Meck police spend most of their time going after speeders and hookers, and writing up accidents. Don't expect them to spend much effort if someone breaks into your house, or some blacks or hispanics kill each other.
Of course the vast majority of the speeders they pull over are when traffic is very light, and speeding is not much of a safety concern. Traffic is usually so bad that everybody's driving bumper-to-bumper 10 miles below the limit, trying to beat the traffic light they've been sitting at for the last three minutes.
And I don't want it to seem that I'm criticizing the individual cops, most of whom are probably great guys doing a tough job -- rather the government's marching orders that emphasize traffic cops over homocide detectives and neighborhood patrols.
Why do I get the feeling that the hookers have an easier time talking their way out of trouble? Why do I get another feeling that the hookers might become regular 'collars' for the cops but are never charged?
"Cops fighting real crime don't generate revenue. Cops stopping drivers for minor infractions generates tons of dollars."
Double BINGO. The thing I find highly amusing here in Northern AZ is how the cops rarely make any drug busts in homes. But they sure do catch alot thru traffic stops. It spares the low end Barney Fifes from having to do any REAL police work that might involve investigative skills.