> It’s obviously illegal, it’s obviously corruption, the only question is how much does society want to tolerate it.

It’s not obviously illegal to me. Corruption yes, but it’s legal for me to mention during a traffic stop that “my brother is on the job”, these cards are just a physical manifestation of that statement, and it’s legal for a cop to exercise discretion in handling the stop.

It’s corrupt, but I’m not convinced it’s illegal.