Q: What is trhe difference between a Police Officer and a Police Agent?
States in the west use agents rather than police officers.

A: Probably nothing would be my guess. Different agencies use different terms for the same position for whatever reasons they like.

When I first went to work at a large PD in OH, we had Captains but when a new Chief came in, he decided to change it to Commander.

Same pay, same jobs, just a different title (and alot of money out of taxpayers pockets to pay for all the things that had to be printed/made to accommodate those changes ~ it's called ego trip IMHO).

Q: Under no circumstances am I having a go or moaning in anyway about police officers!

I require some background information on the public perception of police driving practices and standards.

The sorts of answers I require are as follows:

As a member of the public:

Do you know what it takes to become a police driver?

Do you know what skills are required?

Do you know what the rules are as a police driver on a blue light run?

How do you deal with a police car when they are travelling behind you with blue lights?

These are just a few examples of things I am looking for, if you have any other information, examples or even moans you would like to add, then that would be greatly appreciated.

If you chose to answer this question as a trained police driver, then please state that in your response, the criteria I must research is specific to "general public" but I am more than willing to read answers from trained officers.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

A: they drive like idiots speeding because they can