It's a fair point, both criminal and law enforcement RP can improve drastically. Since I am personally a criminal and not PD or SD, I can only speak from the criminal point of view.
I believe law enforcement has too much power at the moment and it can affect the RP of criminals in adverse lighting. Now, this is of course not directed to every police officer but some who base charges off of personal beliefs and values. It can be annoying to have stacked charges simply because a cop dislikes your character, but I don't have that much of an issue with DOC as it is a great RP platform. The problem with this is first of all the RP of a cop. Actual police officer behaves a lot more professionally than this type of IC cop, and since jail/prison time makes you not being able to play- it causes further problems.
Other than the stacking charges, I see a lot of "childish" behavior from a lot of cops. I have one character that worked in MD and a criminal, Sofia Miller. Now, I would never act unprofessionally when playing my legal character because I don't want to provide an RP that doesn't make sense. PD should not act like children when on duty, and it is one of my biggest concerns with law enforcement. I love it when an officer can be fair without being a pain in the ass, just like a real-life cop.
However, criminals are very provoking towards law enforcement and create a harsh atmosphere overall. People tend to scream: "Fuck PD!" on the streets because of the memes and lols. I understand if PD and SD don't like the criminal RP and choose to be "a pain in the ass" because it's simply not fun. Besides, this dislike of PD and SD is not all IC but often translates to OOC. At the end of the day, the criminal chose their roleplaying style and shouldn't cause so much trouble for other players performing their RP.
We could all take a step back and think about the purpose of our roleplay- to have fun or to win?
