Hi, @goodream, I know what you feel but it is mostly the way it happens in Chiang Mai. I never really have a bad time with police here and really I enjoy talking with them they are much more human than in our western countries where cops are like robots, I do like Thai police and the bad reputation they use to have is long gone as many police forces have been cleaned. But it can still happen when driving and doing something wrong to get stopped usually by one or two cops and ask you for you to pay the "Pepsi or Coke" (cheaper or little more) instead of a fine but this is more usual in rural areas. I always end up speaking Thai with them and they become more friendly and appreciative to joking with them. To make a quick reply to the drug hidden by police in the comments this was back in the 70' and 80' but who knows, in the end, there still have good and bad cops or peoples in every country.