Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> necromancer > said in rec.autos.driving:

>> Or more likely they were out trolling the student parking lots where
>> demand usually far out strips supply to write parking tickets. When I
>> was in college years ago, this revenue generating department had the
>> nerve to call itself, "campus safety," eventhough their main mission had
>> absolutely nothing to do with safety what so ever....

> Think of it as "to COLLECT and to serve (the proceeds to government
> officials)" in action.

A better way to put it is "to observe and collect," instead of "to serve
and protect."