idle thought #507

[madimpossibledreamer]

what kind of corrupt cops are the ones in Sunnydale? They’re probably not your average corrupt cops, or they’d probably be throwing their weight around more often (and thus be more visible) and would most likely have one specific problematic reason to be paying attention to a pretty girl. (sadly from experience—there was actually a warning, I forget if in the newspaper or a warning by word of mouth or what—there was just a general warning for everyone to let any women you knew know to double-check the police officer’s badge and under no circumstances open the window if it was one guy; rather to call the station instead. This was the town that had major Sunnydale/Hellmouth vibes.)
they could be demons or vampires. Pretty good reason to be letting all these crimes go.
Most likely they’re the types that would be in really heavy crime towns. They’re usually bribed not to do their jobs, except when they’re bribed to do their jobs (like hunt Buffy).
The depressing/funny bit is thinking about other departments in other cities. Like, “They’re doing really well closing cases! What are they doing?” /looks into it “Their missing person’s is so high! /forgets” the cycle repeats.