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Also, police don't write the law they are simply hired, assigned, and instructed to enforce the law. Many of you may not like being pulled over and many of you may not like receiving a ticket, but officers have the right to pull you over for violations and write tickets. Part of traffic enforcement if enforcing traffic laws and also making sure law enforcement is visible to help deter criminal activity, car burglaries, thefts, alcohol and drug violations, etc. Criminals tend not to go in areas where there is police activity and red/blue lights.

There are rude officers, there are officers who abuse their authority, and there are officers who commit illegal acts, just as there are professors who do the same. No profession or human being is exempt from these things. I call it the 10 percent rule.

It is easy to attack police because they are limited in what they can say by department policy and by the law. It is also easy because most contact people have with police are in situations of traffic violations or other enforcement situations.

I hear and read several complaints about how UCFPD has a "long history of complaints" or "a history of racial profiling", etc. This is just not true. The UCFPD receives very few complaints and the University receives very few complaints about the Police department. Are there officers who are perceived as rude and in many cases are rude? Sure. These officers and supervisors however, number very few and make it difficult on the others. Most officers try to promote a positive image while still enforcing the law. Sometime, those who are in violation of the law, don't like to be cited or arrested, but that is what happens when the police do their job.

If you do not want laws or want the police then it is up to you and society to change it. Unfortunately, those who oppose police, even the UCF Police, number very few. This is why the "changes" you want have not happened.

Go ride along with a police officer at UCF, ride along with an officer at Oviedo PD, or a deputy with Orange County Sheriffs Office, etc. You will see what happens and how each agency operates and the quality of their personnel. Don't make assumptions about something you have limited, knowledge, experience or training. There is a two way street. You can not expect a police officer to know about what each of you do and we ask you don't assume what we do either. People complain that "the police racially profile" or "police abuse their power", etc. Talk about stereotyping and being discriminatory! Each time you say these things, it discriminates and defames the character of good hardworking police officers who are ethical, follow the law, and do their job well.

The four year universities also need to retool. Before this depression started liberal arts majors have become completely worthless. But now even Engineering and Finance majors can't find jobs. Obama ya dun goofed.