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Because they are being forced enforce the law, doesn't make them pigs, they are doing their job. I'm sure the directive to arrest people comes from higher than Office Friendly on the street.
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Of course it comes from a higher authority, but I don't think that makes it right. I don't think it's as much the fault of the arresting officer so much as the Chief of Police or someone else who's influential and has a vested interest in this enforcement. The cops have to do it or they'll get fired, but if *all* officers felt it was unjust enforcement, I think the collective dissent would put a halt to it pretty quickly.
Police departments choose to enforce what they want more stringently or passively for many different reasons. I sure hope this particular reason isn't just to increase revenue (but I'm sure that's one of the driving factors). Usually it's just a very few people who have the power and decide to put selectively-enforced programs like this into place. Like the Police Chief, Mayor, Governor, President, and assorted influencial rich folks. It's definitely revenue-driven, but that's probably (hopefully) not the only reason why they're doing this.
Similarly, a while back my county department had a "Seatbelt Challenge" where officers were rewarded for pulling over the most people who aren't wearing seatbelts. They don't do that anymore; It was selective enforcement only during that period of time -- now they probably won't pull you over just for not wearing a seatbelt unless they were hunting for PC. I knew a few people who got pulled over during that time, and I haven't heard of anyone getting pulled over just for that since the program ended. In my mind, that was just as silly as this bullshit operation.