For those of us not prone to drug sales, extortion, murder, etc... traffic and parking are our only interaction with local PD. So in most cases it sounds like you are actually in agreement despite the comment above.

Most of us have very little interaction with LAPD, since they maintain low numbers of officers for a city its size. But when it comes from extracting $$$ from citizens they are a well-oiled machine. You can expect a parking ticket within 15 minutes anywhere in the city. Santa Monica (a different city) is even more aggressive.