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I really think MSD really hit it out of the park and I don't have much else to say other then it really can depend on the agency. I worked my whole career for the State of Oregon. I was officially a Parole Officer but I also did overtime shifts for the county as a deputy. Overtime can add up to a lot in this line of work. A federally funded grant to increase DUII patrols paid for my 40X24 shop in one year. I always worked in very rural areas. Which means I dealt with a lot of small town police depts. Some had very up standing by the book attitudes while other were pretty lose with the rule book. I can think of one city officer who always 'heard" a noise therefore didn't need a warrant to enter a house. I also know of two depts. who were taken over by the state or the feds due to complete and total corporation. Not too many years ago the DA of Clatsop County Oregon was arrested, convicted and served time for corruption. And last fall a deputy I used to work with was arrested for sexual assault. That case is being transferred to another jurisdiction to avoid the appearance of impropriety, though his own dept. made the initial arrest.
I don't know anything about large city depts. so I can't speak to what Cyn's seeing but I think things have gotten better not worse. I used to hear stories about "back in the day." Most of them were pretty fucked up stories and often the old timer telling them was fondly remembering beating the crap out of some "hippie." I think dash cams and the fact everyone's cell phone is also a video camera is helping keep things moving in the right direction.
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