I graduated from law enforcement school in 1982. At one point in my life, and thankfully a very brief point, I actually worked for the Idaho State Police. Back when I went to school, we were taught not to write "chicken shit" tickets. We were taught to enforce the law to the spirit rather than the letter. By adhering to that rule, I never stopped a person for a traffic offense where in good conscience, I couldn't write the ticket. I didn't want to parade a bunch of crappy tickets in front of the local judge. I did not make "pretense" stops...stopping motorists for one thing and then looking for another, more serious offense. Sometimes those things just happen. So in that sense, we own our work and we make our own reputations. This arcane idea, enforcing the law to the spirit, has forever been lost to the Idaho State Police. They have become one of the most chicken shit law enforcement agencies in our state. Two years ago, in the middle of the boondo...