I got it from the loud mouthed, over opinionated, poorly informed, freeloading, ill educated, beer soaked shit for brains white male Australians I've met the world over. You do nothing to dispel this image. A good day to you.
Brighton coppers, about 20 years ago had a very bad reputation for heavy handedness. A family member of mine used to be in the Met and even internally Brighton police had a worse rep for all sorts. Note, I wrote reputation, I'm not making accusations. On the occasions I have dealt with them...
I'm with the student all the way. While I respect the job police officers have to do and it must be hard at times, police officers are not the most intelligent of people. They get pointed at a group of people, told they are the bad guys and I don't think they can think much beyond that...