Bikes aside, as I know there is much passion on both sides of that argument, are you implying enforcement of laws creates a police state? I know that I would be thrilled beyond belief if they just started consistently enforcing the beach dog laws. Such enforcement would enrich the community in my opinion and there are many other areas that more active police involvement would be a boon locally.
If a cop has to pull someone over on their bike to give them a ticket and tell them to stay in the bike lane then we have our cops focusing on the wrong problems.