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@chameleon54 wrote:

In the recent past, one cop from our local area has actually been charged with a number of offences and has left the force. ( imagine how bad he must have been ) He was well known locally as one of the most bent cops around, regularly hanging out with drug dealers, confiscating drugs and stolen property from offenders that then " disappeared " before reaching the station, bashing people etc.

Nice that he has gone, but he didn't operate in isolation. While many local cops are the " good guys " there are still police in the local who are worse than most of the crooks. The good guys, are obviously not standing up to the feral officers and reporting what they are getting up to.

I,m just a normal average farmer with no criminal charges ever and I,ve had my house surrounded by armed police, demanding to search the place, pistols loaded and ready......( and of course no search warrant )  What the ???

That stuff just doesn't happen to normal people in most places. ................Where I live its just another day at the office. 

I was going to add a couple of other experiences, but frankly I,m not even game to share them here anonymously. Best just to shut up and move on.

It completely trashes your faith in the police and the community is ruled by fear, rather than respect for police. Its a lot like living with the Colabrian mafia, Hear nothing, see nothing, say nothing. 

Yeah it stinks when it is like that. That cop from your town that was corrupt and others like him are the reason why devil drugs like Ice are rampant in some country towns, places where one would think would be the opposite of the city. Sorry to hear of your bad experience and totally unfair. Hopefully you'll never have to go through an experience like that again. 

I've never had anything like that.  A relative in law had been savagely beaten by a group of men over a minor incident. He was in a verbal argument with a family member at a function. Someone unrelated swore at him and told him to shut  up. He swore back. Anyway, after the fact,  I was trying to help him get some justice and the attitude of the investigating officer was "Well, he started it".  He didn't care that  he was hospitalised. Well, he may have mouthed off to one of the men but he never was physically aggressive. He was hit over the head with an object and then bashed and kicked  by 3 or 4 men as he lay on the ground.  He ended up with broken facial bones and severe bruising. I did wonder if the policeman and one of the attackers belonged to the same rugby club.

I understand where you're coming from!