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As someone who works as a corrections officer, and is considering a career in Law Enforcement, I just have to say that I got a chuckle out of it. Who hasn't received an e-mail poking fun at the job and things you wish you could say and do that wouldn't be appropriate.
Every time I have had contact with LEOs either because I was pulled over, at the scene of an accident, was robbed or in my quest to decide if it is the right job for me they have never treated me with anything other than strict professionalism.
IMHO it isn't a matter of having a holier than thou attitude, it's about tactics and training. I'm paid to be an ******* for 12 hours per shift as it is already. That doesn't mean I'm really an *******, it just means that I am playing a character to achieve my job as a corrections officer.
When an officer in a car is traveling faster than traffic while on duty do you really think that it is simply because he/she can? It comes back to tactics. I don't travel any faster than surrounding traffic, and I have never, not one, been stopped or ticketed for speeding. If you choose to break the law, the officer isn't under any obligation at all to cut you any slack. If he/she chooses too, they may, but that is their discretion to determine if the goal of law enforcement has been carried out with just a warning.
I'm not saying there aren't jerks on power trips wearing uniforms, I'm just saying that in my experience that must be an exception, because I have never met one.