"Sometimes yes, sometimes no," Hopper answers. He figures it's like that for most jobs, not just being a cop, but his job in particular can be rough.

"It feels good to help people," he says, pulling into the parking lot and finding a spot. "But there are a lot of cops who don't help people. They use their power to be assholes and I don't like that. I see some bad things, too, kid. Some really hard things."