To the thought of Florida and Cops, I lived ther in the 80s, from Tampa to G'ville at one time or another..
In Gainesville, in the summer, the ratio of Cops to residents was one for 30.. There were at least five Depts there if you count Campus PD..
LE still tends to get carried away with itself sometimes down there, from what I understand..
I got pulled over by Alachua County one time at about 02:15 one morning. I and the Cops were the only cars on the road.. I asked the Cop if I was "driving bad". He said no, but that it was suspicious for me to be out at that time of night.. I supressed the urge to suggest that it was closing time at the bars.. I wasn't drinking.. I was on mushrooms at the time so there wasn't much to take me to jail on.. Just dilated pupils and spinal fluid.. I did more sobriety tests than I'd ever heard of that night, and there were 4 cars worth of frisky, bored bubbas waiting for me to do something stupid.. I had a good time.. One guy tossed a handful of change on the ground and had me cross one leg over the other, squat, and pick it up... Like I said, I was tripping.. I didn't have a problem with the "tests".. I was a pretty jovial sort anyway back then.. It was just interesting is all.. It took about 45 minutes and they gave up and left..
Today, my back is so twisted up that I couldn't walk a straight line of my life depended on it.. Ah, the joys of youth..