Police fining cyclists

Pistanator Coppers are all shitcunts, FACT! A mate I grew up with is now a copper, haven't spoken to him for years but last time I saw him was about 12 yrs ago, about a year into him being a copper. Now the thing that made me question him wanting to be a copper in the first place was that he was always a sound bloke. We did all the growing up shit together - going to clubs, raves, getting pilled up, smoking weed, shagging the same birds, the usual shit and he always had fairly decent, secure, well paid jobs and a good lifestyle, anyway - I digress.
As I said the last time I saw him was in a pub about 12yrs ago and he was telling me how him and his other copper mate used to go round the council estates in Reading/Thames Valley(where he was based) being well out of order to all quote 'the gypo's and dolites' usually pulling them up late on a Fri or Sat night when they were pissed and/or alone coming home from the pub and literally give them a few slaps, quote 'for a laugh'
Probably a pointless and dull read to most but that's always stuck with me and I've never forgotten what he said.
i hear thames valley are the worst force for that sort of stuff.