It's not that way in Canada, as far as I can see. I think you're generalizing. To me, a person who would want to be a policeman is honourable and self-sacrificing; at least, one who wants to be a policeman for the right reasons.
It is that way in the united states though. From what I can tell, this particular job is particularily prone to attracting two particular types of people. There is the noble guy who really, truly wants to help others and to 'protect and serve' and then there is the unintelligent (usually massive and hulking), mean, insecure, powerhungry douchebag with a bad case of 'mangolomania'.

Unfortunately, there are for more men with mangolomania than there are people with actual morals. It's unfortunate, but because there are less decent people there will inevitably be less decent cops than there are bad cops.

That's not to say there aren't decent cops. I got pulled over a few months ago by a cop who turned out to be one of the kindest men I have ever had the opportunity of seeing just 'randomly'.

I got stopped the other day (granted, it was my fault) by a fat, hulking dumb douche bag who couldnt stop screaming at me and could not keep a level head.

So yes, there are both, but there are more [img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img]ty cops than good cops.