[Bill Douglas]

Cops seem to follow a particular culture depending on where they are, meaning all the cops in the area are either good - bad - ugly. Where I live the cops are about 60% on the sliding scale LOL towards good.

I remember in London if there is a cop on the beat you would ask him directions to... and he would want to stand around chatting for 5 minutes and other people would walk past with big smiles saying hello to the friendly guy. In South Africa (talking about Johannesburg) if you saw a cop you would look at your shoes and keep moving. I felt that if you asked directions you would most likely be smashed in the face with the butt of a short barreled 12 gauge shotgun. I don't know what it's like now but when I was a teen the scariest cops were NYC Transit cops.