[RedEsprit]

A few years back I was in Houston and was a passenger in a car. We just pulled out of a strip mall immediately to a red light. As we stopped at the lights 8-10 cops jumped out from behind bushes and ran down between the cars checking for seat belts. I was ticketed for not having mine on and was fined $125. In normal economic times, such actions show the lows that law enforcement has sunk to. In today's economic times, a $100-$300 ticket can be distastrous to some families struggling to make ends meet. There is no defense for such actions. Police that stoop this low deserve to lose their jobs in the next round of layoffs. If this is what it has come to, we clearly have way too many police officers. I don't see how they can hold their heads up in the community.