What the Hell is "Trolling"?

This is among the dumbest opinion pieces we've ever read, and we've been reading for nearly half-a-century now. Surprise, it's written by an ACLU attorney:

• Each of us wants government to work for the people, not its own interests. When we see public officials manipulating the system to make money for themselves or family members, we all feel a sense of outrage, no matter the party.
  
  Shouldn’t our police be held to the same standard?
  
  A recent report exposed anew the practice of “trolling” by CPD officers. Trolling is when an officer actively seeks a traffic stop, an arrest for disorderly conduct or other violation at the end of a work shift, so the officer can artificially manufacture the need for overtime. According to Chicago Inspector General Joe Ferguson, many trolling arrests are made “as a result of escalating a situation which could have been within the officer’s discretion to dismiss.”

What is this "discretion" the writer speaks of? We remember a long time ago, the old timers spoke of a mysterious power called "discretion" but it was killed off by liberals. Nowadays, we have cameras in the cars, cameras on the body, cameras in everyone's cell phones, cameras on the lampposts, cameras everywhere. For many years now, the ACLU has claimed police wielded too much power, so they removed it by every means possible. "Discretion" is about as extinct as the dinosaurs.

• In other words, trolling exposes Chicagoans to unnecessary arrests and increased contact with law enforcement with no increase in public safety. For Chicagoans of color, these additional contacts with law enforcement jeopardize not only liberty, but may jeopardize life itself. It is time for the city to reign in this practice.
  
  In the inspector general’s new report, a follow-up to a 2017 report, Ferguson writes that the Chicago Police Department “did not acknowledge the existence” of trolling and other abusive practices “even though CPD management acknowledged the practices during the audit.”

So a practice no one admits exists is supposed to be reined in how? Are the police just supposed to put on the blinders when someone blatantly breaks a law in front of them? Something like sixty minutes before quitting time, no crime can be observed? No jobs can be dispatched?

Newsflash lady - we're already there - and the ACLU drove us there. Hopefully, you don't get mugged, kidnapped, shot, or assaulted too close to quitting time.