9. You get to sit through an afternoon court call while working the midnight shift and then get home to find a city crew fixing the broken water main in front of your house with a jackhammer.

8. You get the excuse of having to work to be able to miss all those family get togethers on holidays, especially Christmas and Thanksgiving.

7. You get to have a crush on the cute blonde nurse in the local emergency room.

6. You get local politicians currying voters by saying you are overpaid and get too much time off.

5. You get to eat health home cooked meals in a quiet relaxed setting.

4. You get to live out all your racist fantasies by planting evidence at the home of a celebrity in order to frame him for a double homicide.

3. You get the chance to drive a real fast car that still smells like vomit from the DUI who lost his lunch when he figured out and realized that he was going to jail.

2. You get to pay for more uniforms after a "police fighter" tears them up in a fight with you.

1. You get to work for great bosses who back you all the way.