Old bill in doing their job shocker

I find it strange that so many get hassled by 'us', I can honestly say that in nearly 5 years doing my job I've never had a go at, or indeed see my colleagues have a go at, any cyclist! The worst I've seen is a mumble of 'fucking idiot' when a cyclist does a particularly dangerous Red.

But then I have a friend who was ticketed (by City, not Met ;) )for going through on a completely clear junction. So I'll never deny there are some arseholes who enjoy the power and rarely use discretion!

But we're not all like that! And no-one's gonna agree on this thread so I'm now leaving it alone :)
Ah, well city police, that explains a lot ;) The met don't have red light tickets any more do they? In fairness, I think the hassle is generalised late-night hassle, not cyclist-specific hassle. Discretion, used wisely, is a police officer's most useful tool. Glad to see it still prevails.