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Another police thread

#22
Dr. Cheese said:
One time before, a thread like this came up and I made a comparison with my own profession. As of August, I will have been a professor for twenty years. I have been a pretty good professor over that time and I have earned some commendations, pins, and plaques. I have been tenured and promoted, published, and gotten a grant or two. Unless you run in my circles, you would never know about anything I have accomplished. Let me steal something, grab some @$$, smack somebody, and my name and picture will be all over the local media.

It is the same for the police. They have chosen a dangerous profession, and unfortunately, they usually are not thanked publicly for their job. When they screw up purposely or due to negligence, it is all over the media.
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The good doctor has nailed it. Many of us have thankless jobs, but ya simply can't top law enforcement for this.
 
#23
My good cop to bad cop experience is around 75-25. Being a night person by trade makes the negative ratio go up a little. It's the hot-heads that ..well...are eager to pull a zimmerman.

The one that really bothered me was asking me when the last time I did drugs was..not IF..but WHEN. I my head I told him he could gurgle my spent man-chowder..but in reality, I was nicer.

But on the theory of thankless job..their kinda supposed to be thankless jobs..ALL jobs I say. " Hey..I did a good job today!" ..."Yeah..so.."..

Don't mean to sound negative..I haven't had my chocolate shake today.
 
#25
One time on my way to work I pulled up to get some gas. On the other side of the pump was a motorcycle officer (He was black, if you want to add the race angle to the story).

So, I pull up to the pump, my radio blasting, when I notice the officer. Now, as a guy who can usually be found breaking one minor law or another, I get policenoid. Paranoid around police. Its just always been my response, from being a troublemaker in my youth. Dont get caught. So, my first instinct is to turn my radio down as not to violate any noise laws. I step out of my car and the officer makes a comment about my music. "Is that David Bowie?" he asks. It wasnt, so I say "Actually, this is the Pixies, but I see why you might say that" "Ah, yeah, I knew that song was familiar" he said. We exchanged a few words about the album and I told him to have a nice day as he drove off.
 
#27
MatticusMania said:
One time on my way to work I pulled up to get some gas. On the other side of the pump was a motorcycle officer (He was black, if you want to add the race angle to the story).

So, I pull up to the pump, my radio blasting, when I notice the officer. Now, as a guy who can usually be found breaking one minor law or another, I get policenoid. Paranoid around police. Its just always been my response, from being a troublemaker in my youth. Dont get caught. So, my first instinct is to turn my radio down as not to violate any noise laws. I step out of my car and the officer makes a comment about my music. "Is that David Bowie?" he asks. It wasnt, so I say "Actually, this is the Pixies, but I see why you might say that" "Ah, yeah, I knew that song was familiar" he said. We exchanged a few words about the album and I told him to have a nice day as he drove off.
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...and then he must've come back, pistol-whipped you, stolen your wallet, sprinkled some crack on you and drove off again. I'm surprised you don't remember that.

:hiding: :D
 
#29
bassguppy said:
On the rare occasions that I have gotten a speeding ticket or called the police I have had nothing but a positive interaction.

Not that I'm happy for a ticket but they were professional.
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Ive gotten a few tickets in my day. Every cop Ive dealt with was professional, and I responded politely. Ive been let off the hook more times than Ive actually been given a ticket.

Waffles and Scotch said:
...and then he must've come back, pistol-whipped you, stolen your wallet, sprinkled some crack on you and drove off again. I'm surprised you don't remember that.
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Now that you mention it, the reason I used the crack was because of this massive lump I had on the back of my head. I thought I just slipped on an oil stain, but then, where did the crack come from?
 
#31
Thankfully, most of us won't have to worry if we'll get home from work today. For that reason alone, you have to respect people like police officers, prison guards and fire fighters because they have it in the back of their mind that they may not, yet they go to work. That said, they like every other profession come with their share of jerks and nice people. Some would argue that the job of a police officer or prison guard attracts quite a few people with power/control issues and generally offensive dispositions and they wouldn't be lying... Personally most officers I've met were totally respectful and generally nice people despite seeing the worst in humanity 40+ hours a week. God love you that are willing to do that work.. I know I never could.

That said, if you do choose to do that job and the general public gives you their trust and a license to kill, you need to be held to a much higher standard and you should hold yourself to a much higher standard. If you cannot, you shouldn't have the badge, power or license to kill that comes with it...
 
#32
AfroCubanFunkMa said:
Thankfully, most of us won't have to worry if we'll get home from work today. For that reason alone, you have to respect people like police officers, prison guards and fire fighters because they have it in the back of their mind that they may not, yet they go to work. That said, they like every other profession come with their share of jerks and nice people. Some would argue that the job of a police officer or prison guard attracts quite a few people with power/control issues and generally offensive dispositions and they wouldn't be lying... Personally most officers I've met were totally respectful and generally nice people despite seeing the worst in humanity 40+ hours a week. God love you that are willing to do that work.. I know I never could.

That said, if you do choose to do that job and the general public gives you their trust and a license to kill, you need to be held to a much higher standard and you should hold yourself to a much higher standard. If you cannot, you shouldn't have the badge, power or license to kill that comes with it...
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I agree with this 100 percent. In my mind, one of the biggest problems facing law enforcement is that the job DOES attract people who got their butts kicked all through high school and are looking for a little payback. I work with several such officers. Of course, the severity of the "payback" varies greatly....but I think the vast majority of officers who get in trouble for everything from being rude, to excessive force issues, fall into this category.
 
#33
MatticusMania said:
One time on my way to work I pulled up to get some gas. On the other side of the pump was a motorcycle officer (He was black, if you want to add the race angle to the story).

So, I pull up to the pump, my radio blasting, when I notice the officer. Now, as a guy who can usually be found breaking one minor law or another, I get policenoid. Paranoid around police. Its just always been my response, from being a troublemaker in my youth. Dont get caught. So, my first instinct is to turn my radio down as not to violate any noise laws. I step out of my car and the officer makes a comment about my music. "Is that David Bowie?" he asks. It wasnt, so I say "Actually, this is the Pixies, but I see why you might say that" "Ah, yeah, I knew that song was familiar" he said. We exchanged a few words about the album and I told him to have a nice day as he drove off.
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Man, you must be crazy. You should NEVER, EVER talk to the police! They're just out to get you so they can get promoted and stuff!

Come to think of it, I'm going to stop responding to cheezewiz in the Premier League thread. :D
 
#34
I like cops. All the ones I've known personally have been pretty cool guys, and all the ones I've dealt with in a cop-way have been reasonable and professional. Of all the tough jobs in the world, theirs is about the toughest. I appreciate the fact that I can call police and they actually come. I've done it a number of times when needed...and yes I've occasionally in the past had a visit or two from the police. No arrest record to date though. :)
 
#37
chicago_mike said:
My good cop to bad cop experience is around 75-25. Being a night person by trade makes the negative ratio go up a little. It's the hot-heads that ..well...are eager to pull a zimmerman.

The one that really bothered me was asking me when the last time I did drugs was..not IF..but WHEN. I my head I told him he could gurgle my spent man-chowder..but in reality, I was nicer.

But on the theory of thankless job..their kinda supposed to be thankless jobs..ALL jobs I say. " Hey..I did a good job today!" ..."Yeah..so.."..

Don't mean to sound negative..I haven't had my chocolate shake today.
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I had a Criminal Justice professor who had been a cop in California for 25 years He worked in Gangs, vice, Narc. over the course of his career. He said The ratio for corruption as right around 30% of any given police force, and those numbers are pretty universal Nationwide and also top to bottom.
 

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