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Originally Posted by thesloppy
Regardless of any question of morals, or whether any particular cop is some shade of 'bad' or 'good', it seems obvious that in recent years police have been trained to immediately assert their authority in any situation, and to some degree that causes every interaction with police to start on confrontational footing.
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I've had several dealings with cops in Florida since emigrating - generally traffic related and have found all of them to be incredibly polite and friendly.
I'm always polite to them, call their sir/madam and apologise if I've been doing something wrong - so far I've had one minor ticket (which was my fault hands down) and 3-4 warnings where I've been let off.
To me they've behaved no differently to how I'd expect an English policeman to behave (and not at all confrontational) - I've treated them the same as I would an English policeman although I'll readily admit I'm a bit more nervous regarding them because they carry guns.