We are rapidly moving toward a police state. Nitpicking over cops being overpaid monkeys or not is not going to improve your reputation. The police have treated the general public badly for long enough that is starting to catch up to you and your reaction to thirdpartyvoter is a perfect example of why he is right. It is nearly every day now I hear about a story of a cop not thinking and being an idiot. Police know only one way to handle situations, force, coercion, manipulation, intimidation. I watched a couple of cops practically abuse a homeless guy sleeping on the side walk down town a couple weeks ago. He was about as docile as you can get and these 2 cops were treating him like he was an armed murderer, screaming at him, wrestling him around on the ground, grinding various body parts into the concrete and he wasn't even trying to defend himself. SLC PD should be ashamed of themselves. Perhaps you are an exception but I doubt it. These checkpoints are a procedural thing that are too close to the line and too easy to abuse. Most police have already proven they are untrustworthy, pig headed, and refuse to listen to the voice of reason, let alone possibly admit to any wrongdoing...ever. Heck all you have to do is gun someone down and you get 6 months paid vacation while there is a token investigation and we all know what that outcome will be regardless of the circumstances don't we...wink, wink.