I was rudely awoken this morning by 3 cops that busted in my shared house with a warrant to arrest my housemate (a back packer from France).

This made me think about the experiences I have had with cops in my life time of which there are 3:
1. NYC 2004 a police officer gave me a ticket for drinking in public (he had yelled "hey you in the green jacket" which I responded to by throwing my can of beer down and throwing my hands up. It wasn't until I saw his befuddled face till I realized he was referring to the now sprinting vandal artist also in a green jacket.) He ticketed me but in my drunken silliness I asked him for a cigarette and his number. I got both. (The ticket was later dropped).

2. Toronto 2013 I was walking home and a police officer forced me to accept a ride at 2am. That was kinda nice but as expected my grandpa flipped his trout at the site of me exiting a cruiser.

3. Australia 2014 after getting very drunk and lost. after a beach party I ran into a cop that bought me a coffee and had a dance with me before I sobered up enough to give him directions to drop me off the next town over (I walked the wrong way).

Have you had any run ins with cops? How do you feel about them.

I am not particularily fond. I see a lot of inappropriate use of excessive violence, power abuse etc. Some are ok as the ones I have met and even a good friend I adore is a cop in Florida.