Interesting perspective on Police.

So this morning I was at the gym. I was the only 1 at the gym because apparently I'm the only 1 who thinks it seems to be appropriate to get up at 6am on a Sunday to workout hahahahaha. Anyways, as I was working out I was looking out the window and saw a few police cars driving by. It made me start thinking about the different way we see police in the United States and in Mexico. Actually more so the different ways that the police see us. Here are some of the main differences: 

United States
  1) the police drive around in small sports cars made to look like the cars that everybody drives
  2) they sneak around and try to catch you doing something you're not supposed to do when you don't think that they're watching
  3) if you even think about bribing them to get out of a ticket you will most likely go to jail!

Mexico
  1) the police drive around in big Ford trucks with the words municipal police clearly written in big letters on all sides of the vehicle.  Also there's usually 3 or 4 policemen standing in the back of the truck with big guns just in case you were wondering whether or not they were police. 
  2) during the day and at night the police drive around with their lights on.  Not their headlights, but the red and blue lights on the top of the vehicle.  It's as if instead of hiding they're saying we are here and we want you to know that, so behave. 
  3) about 50 percent of the time the police will pull you over for absolutely no reason other than to see if you will try to bribe them! 

I don't know which system is better, I kind of like the aspect of everybody knowing they're there. It puts the control back in the power of the person to decide if they really want to do something bad. Instead of saying you did something bad hahaha we caught you. 

Just something I was thinking about this morning. I would love to hear your thoughts or comments on the topic.