I've always wondered, is this really something people are actually punished for, or is it a "tack-on" if they ARE arrested, and usually dropped in the bargaining of the court-room?
Now, I don't mean attacking an officer with a weapon or something, I mean spitting on them/at them when drunk, scuffling a bit as the perp is cuffed, screaming in their face, petty nonsense like that? I know it is taken into account, etc. but is it actually something you can point to later and say "See, they paid XXX in time/fine for XXX action here..."
Or is the being screamed at, spit at, etc. just considered part of the job like it is in other professions?