Low Hanging Fruit

I remember watching the first season with interest back in the late 80s, but back then it was more intimate as we got to know the arresting officer and some of his background as a human being.

It quickly digressed into a fetish-type of series where viewers could revel in watching lower class people making asses of themselves while under the influence either in public or operating a vehicle. It showed more about the viewing demographic than actually showing America how L.E. was establishing Law and Order when in fact it gives off the impression that America is a vast wasteland of ne'er do wells.