Is Anyone Above the Law?

I live in a very rural area and have to commute about 60 miles, one way, to work everyday. Along the way I am, very often, passed by law enforcement officials exceeding the speed limit by 15, 20, and sometimes more miles per hour. They are not using their emergency lights, or their audible siren. Often time they are from neighboring counties and completely out of their jurisdiction. They seem to travel at what ever speed they choose with regard to the speed limit. Many times I see them turn down a road that leads directly to the state law enforcement academy. I presume the officers are going for training and are running late. When I'm running late for work, I can't just drive as fast as I can to get there. I just have to be late and explain myself when I get there.

Law enforcement is charged with protecting the public's safety. Speed limits are set by local and state governments based on safe travel speeds for certain areas. With these two facts in mind, why do so many law enforcement officials break the very laws they are suppose to be enforcing?

I understand that law enforcement officers sometimes have to get places very quickly. I have no problem with that concept. However, all police cars are equipped with safety devices such as the emergency lights and siren that alert other drivers of their emergency status. If there is an emergency then there is no reason not to use these devices. It is the safe thing to do, not to mention the lawful thing to do.

I have not been stopped for speeding or any other traffic violation in 10 years but I know that if I traveled the roads that I travel on, at the speeds I see these law enforcement officials traveling, I would get stopped often. I believe it to be patently unfair that these officials can break the law without any threat of being held accountable.

Out state Public Safety Department promotes, with large billboards, encouragements for citizens to call and report reckless driving. I have called and reported this reckless driving without seeing and reduction in the number of officials coming around me every day at very unsafe speeds. So as long as other law enforcement officers turn their head when they see a fellow officer speeding, we will always have those who are above the law. I understand that it's just speeding, but speeding is against the law and if I am caught doing it, I'm getting a ticket. I'm just looking for fairness in the enforcement of all laws.