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If that's what you think of police you've been reading reddit too much.

There's also a bit of the man bites dog thing going on. Nice police: Normal, not news. Bad police: Very unusual, so news.

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I think the fact that the police officer was so involved with updating the writer is what stood out to me. It is rare that we see/hear a detailed explanation of what police work entails and unless we ourselves are the one they are speaking with it might never happen.

When I saw the title, I wondered how getting your laptop stolen could get you busted for drugs.

I can only suppose that, while I don't expect the average cop is a jerk, I did reflexively expect the average cop story to feature one.

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