>    The question is:
> >
> >    I would like to know how it is possible for police officers to
> >    harass people and get away with it? And where can you go for help
> >    other than a civil attorney?
> >
> >    And the Reply from one cop was:
> >
> >    It is not easy. In California we average one cop for every 2000
> >    people. About 60% of those cops are on patrol, where we do most
> >    of the harassing. One-fifth of that 60% are on duty at any moment
> >    and available for harassing people. So, one cop is responsible to
> >    harass about 10,000 residents. When you toss in the commercial,
> >    business, and tourist locations that attract people from other
> >    areas, sometimes you have a situation where a single cop is
> >    responsible to harass 20k or more people a day. A ten-hour shift
> >    runs 36,000 seconds. This gives a cop one-second to harass a
> >    person, and three-fourths of a second to eat a donut AND find a
> >    new person to harass.
> >
> >    This is not an easy task. Most cops are not up to it day in and
> >    day out. It is just too tiring.
> >
> >    What we do is utilize some tools to help us narrow down those
> >    which we harass. They are as follows:
> >
> >    PHONE:
> >    People will call us up and point out things that cause us to
> >    focus on a person for special harassment. "My neighbor is beating
> >    his wife" is a code phrase we use. Then we come out and give
> >    special harassment. Another popular one on a week night is, "The
> >    kids next door are having a party,"
> >
> >    CARS:
> >    We have special cops assigned to harass people who drive. They
> >    like to harass the drivers of fast cars, cars blasting music,
> >    cars with expired registration tabs, and the like. It is lots of
> >    fun when you pick them out of traffic for nothing more obvious
> >    than running a red light. Sometimes you get to really heap the
> >    harassment on when you find they have drugs in the car, are
> >    drunk, or have a warrant.
> >
> >    RUNNERS:
> >    Some people take off running just at the sight of a police
> >    officer. Nothing is quite as satisfying as running after them
> >    like a beagle on the scent of a bunny. When you catch them you
> >    can harass them for hours.
> >
> >    CODES:
> >    When you can think of nothing else to do, there are books that
> >    give ideas for reasons to harass folks. They are called Codes.
> >    Penal, Vehicle, Health and Safety, Business and Professions...
> >    They all spell out all sorts of things for which you can really
> >    mess with people. After you read the code, you can just drive
> >    around for a while until you find someone violating one of these
> >    listed offenses and harass them. Just last week I saw a guy
> >    smash a car window. Well, the code says that is not allowed. That
> >    meant I got to harass this guy. It is a pretty cool system that
> >    we have set up, and it works pretty well. I seem to have a
> >    never-ending supply of folks to harass. And we get away with it
> >    because the good citizens who pay the tab like that we keep the
> >    streets safe for them.
> >
> >    Next time you are in my town, give me a single finger wave. That
> >    is a signal that you wish for me to take a little closer look at
> >    you, and maybe find a reason to harass you. Looking forward to
> >    meeting you.

Just trying to help you LEO's out.  I thought this was funny, and I liked the reasons for going after the bad guys.  Now don't you guys go and start cop bashing!  This was posted for fun.

Okay, some people know me as a cop basher but I have to admit, that was pretty good. Point taken.  [smoke]

i don't know there leaving me alone right now!

As they say in "the hood" :

Fuck the Powleese !  

All they do is harrass
decent druggie type citizens like me....