Police-issued "courtesy cards" help friends and family out of minor infractions
> he frequently receives PBA cards as a thank-you for extending cops small business favors and deals<p>This is corruption.  I've never understood how things like this can happen in the US - why is this tolerated?<p>If this happened in the UK I'm fairly sure it would be raised in the press, then parliament and then the Home Secretary (in charge of policing) would be forced to make a statement and likely do something about it.