There are peace officers and then there are ....cops. Just another example of an idiot behind the badge.

http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/228029/4/

Orem woman arrested, injured in lawn dispute

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JEREMY DUDA - Daily Herald
While people across Utah are worrying about how to conserve water during the dry, hot summer, a 70-year-old Orem woman found herself bruised and jailed after a police officer tried to ticket her for not watering her lawn.

Don't you think they would have asked to have the lawn mowed before issuing a ticket? She asked to call her son, turned and the cop arrested her from behind.

The guy's a sluggo.

Many cops are scum. Their heroism appears where it is usually needed least.

Most people become cops because they have anger management problems and can't deal with people in a civil manner.

Usually police officers, deputies, highway patrol officers, and so forth, are a reflection of their leadership and the mentality of the department they serve under. The law enforcement where I live is terrific. But I lived in San Diego County in the early 80's and they were so bad pretty much the entire leadership, and much of the force was eventually terminated. This after HUGE lawsuit losses that hurt the county badly. Killing an innocent man, and then trying to cover it up, was the straw that ended it.

Most of law enforcement are terrific people doing a terribly difficult job. But I have found - when I read stories like this - that the problem is department wide. The good departments tend to get rid of cops like this, if they even hire them in the first place. .