The quality of our police and public transport has been on a decline, often cited as "not very attractive places to work at" - so even people with an asshole attitude get hired. Let alone the powertrip some of those people get - "making a big one" or just finding something worth bragging about often overwrites the morale codex they were ment to adhere by.

Our police is generally toothless in law, but stupid in practice and incredibly dense in person.