Why are people so down on the police?

I believe that the examples I have provided do demonstrate that when there's good news about the police (cracking down on cycle theft etc.) there is very little positive feedback in comparison to the amount of whinging that goes on about the police generally here.

I believe it has already been demonstrated that most people on this forum will give the police praise when they deserve it. That does not mean that we will laud them with applause when they merely do their job. People on this forum won't grovel and say thanks just because the police haven't fucked them up the ass as they are wont to.