[SprawlSG] Policing in the '60s, Two things I found interesting Options

[Squire]

First of all, here are some things I didn't know the police in Shadowrun could do (that the police IRL in the USA cannot do):

-Hold someone in custody without charging them for up to 72 hours
(I could be wrong, but I think the current rule is 48 hours, and you still have to show probable cause to hold them).

-Stop any vehicle or person at any time to check ID
(Okay, IRL police can talk to anyone, but the term "stop" legally means that person is not free to leave- for that RL police need probable cause)

-Personal and vehicle searches and astral scans without a warrant
(IRL this can occur [well, not the astral scan as far as I know], but only in specific circumstances that have to be well articulated).

Okay, on another (and frankly very minor) matter:

Did anyone else find in strange that the shadowtalk posters that were most critical of police in the "Life in the 60s" section were the former cops. SPD has always been fairly pro-police in his posts (except for slamming Lone Star specifically). X-star perhaps not as much, but both SPD and X-star come off as somewhat anti-police in "Life in the 60s." Neither of them spoke up to clarify a procedure or explain why some things are necessary (SPD's bread and butter), but they both added ways police can abuse their power.

It's not a big issue, but are we perhaps seeing the political bias of the author (whoever it was) in the source material?

Or are we just seeing that the author has a different feel for the personality (and outlooks) of well-known shadowtalk posters than I do?