Bad news always travels faster than good news my friend. Do you ever think about the cops that have lost their lives doing there job? How often do you have to risk your life at your job? Granted there are some corrupt cops out there, it is definately not just in that profession. Enron, tyco, worldcom, past presidents of our country, congressmen, etc. everywhere people are corrupt. For every shitty cop out there, there are 1000 that are good people and genuinly want to help others and protect other from murderers, rapists, drug dealers, etc. So dont make stupid, irrational generalizations about "small town cops" or cops in general, because the good far outweigh the bad.