dedalos, while I see that the cop may have overreacted, why do you think that police departments are hiring high school dropouts? It doesn't add up; with the economy only barely recovering, governments are still cutting budgets to make ends meet. That would correspond to an increase in hiring requirements, and thus a great reduction in the number of high-school dropouts. Furthermore, while I agree that cops don't do too many nice things for people (e.g., they arrest you, search you, etc.,) it is part of their job, which is executing criminal law.
-Penguin