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In the past I have had a series of distasteful encounters with the police - but none, I hasten to add, whilst cycling.
I have an old school friend who became a copper, and on a stag do he recounted some of the things they get up to - "we got him in the back of the van, and just all piled in.." sort of story. My opinion of the police was low anyway, but some of the things he was saying made me feel sick.
Being given a uniform, and powers over the rest of society, seems to warp the human mind.
That said, I am sympathetic to what TallSam is saying. There seems to be quite a bit of "I was riding along, listening to my iPod, along the pavement, through a red light and a Pig stopped me! Who'd have thunk it!" on this thread.