I think most of the cops are pretty good, much like plumbers, carpenters and pizza deliverers. You hear about the sh*tty ones because they do something ugly. The bad ones are thugs alright. :smile:
I live beside 52 division in Toronto and I would say a majority of the officers totally ignore traffic laws; speeding into the parking lot, not signalling, not giving pedestrians the right of way, and blocking sidewalks with their patrol cars. They're above the law apparently.