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BekaintaFunk
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SEP 15, 11:04 PM
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I have to agree with the negative part of this thread. Almost every expierience I have with a cop is a bad one... I'm not too sure why either... I'm just a teenage female who allways smiles and acts really nice when I talk to cops, yet I still get treated like crap. I did get let go once when I was doing maybe 10 over the speed limit, which I was very gratefull for. But when I got my ticket (doin 82 in a 65) the cop was very confusing and retartedly mean! He asked me where I was coming from and I said "Williamsville", then he asked me what I was doing there so I said "ummm... living?" and he told me that was the wrong answer....? Well.... what else was I supposed to say? That was just a tid bit of the horrible conversation but I really think he was trying to trick me into saying stupid things because I suck at talking to "higher-ups" and what not. But there are waaaay too many crap things that cops have done to me to list. Don't get me wrong, a lot do their jobs but some people don't seem to see how many jerk cops there are out there.
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Jermz238
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SEP 15, 11:17 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by 88 Formula:
What about when a doctor gets pulled over because he got called out by the emergency room for a bad wreck with multiple people hurt and the police let him go? Why didn't they do their job?
Face it, a lot of people get let go with a warning. How many here were let go when you know you were guilty? |
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this doesnt always work. i've heard several stories from both sides where they were speeding to the hospital (emergency), and the cop let them take off, except he would follow them to the hospital and write them a ticket, and either wait and have them sign it or stick it on their windshield for them.
fact is, cops are humans too, and i dont think very many of us can say that we wouldn't take advantage of the extra leeway/power that comes with such a station. its the same as working at a restaurant and getting free/cheap food/drinks. its like a perk if you will. its the people that take it too far that are a menace and a danger, and normally they get what's coming to them.
and they do actually have the same rules, its just the punishments are a little different, i.e. they dont typically get tickets, they get in plenty of trouble if the boss finds out tho
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BekaintaFunk
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SEP 15, 11:34 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Jermz238:
fact is, cops are humans too, and i dont think very many of us can say that we wouldn't take advantage of the extra leeway/power that comes with such a station. its the same as working at a restaurant and getting free/cheap food/drinks. its like a perk if you will. its the people that take it too far that are a menace and a danger, and normally they get what's coming to them.
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...now I'm not trying to start a debate, but from all the jobs I've worked with food taking extra stuff doesn't hurt anyones feelings like cops over using their power does...
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Jermz238
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SEP 15, 11:40 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by BekaintaFunk:
...now I'm not trying to start a debate, but from all the jobs I've worked with food taking extra stuff doesn't hurt anyones feelings like cops over using their power does... |
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it would if you were in charge of inventory and had your boss kicking your ass for too much shrinkage...
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BekaintaFunk
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SEP 15, 11:45 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Jermz238:
it would if you were in charge of inventory and had your boss kicking your ass for too much shrinkage... |
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in almost every food situation I've been its been extra thats gonna get thrown out anyways, like most places do at the end of the night, then its free for the taking.
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Nurb432
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SEP 16, 12:10 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by stalen88GT:
I will make this fiero related.............While I am driving my Little Red Bomb I see cops speeding for no reason, crossng double yellow lines, going through intersections by flashing their light and then turning them off. There I have started this I would like to hear from the rest of you.
Any cops on this forum too bad we all have bad experiences with you guys/gals and us tax payers need to vent. I do respect officers and the laws out there and there is a need for them I just hate the way there is one (read - no) set of laws for them but official ones for the tax payers on the road or possible anywhere else.
Well I will not accuse with showing my own faults so the next is my greatest short coming.
The only law I tend to break and not by much is speeding. If I speed it is 5-10 mph more than posted generally speaking. So I am not perfect, but come on I see more flagrant abuses by the law enforcers all the time and I am pissed about it. who's with me?
Galen
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Actually they do have clear rules they are supposed to follow ( they learn this in training ). But like in every segment of the popuation there are good ones and bad ones. Problem is its not often the bad ones get caught, and bad ones can cause REAL damage...
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loafer87gt
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SEP 16, 12:33 PM
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Cops are revenue generators plain and simple. If you think they are wearing that badge and uniform to protect the public you are sadly mistaken. From my own experience, if you are in dire need of assistance and call the cops, you might as well sign your own death ticket because they won't care one bit. They might show up three hours later , but only after making numerous stops on route to issue "public endangering" tickets such as window tint violations, rust citations, mud or snow obstructing your license plates, etc. Truth be told, I think the police's true goal is to get violence and crime rates as high as possible, that way they can appeal to the public and the city to hire more of their useless asses promising that increased policing will the lower crime nubers. Then once these extra thugs in blue hit the street, they too turn a blind eye to crime and instead pester the average joe with their money grubbing antics. Like i have said earlier, if the cops around here were put in a situation where they came upon a woman getting raped and a car with a taillight out at the same time, they would go after the guy with broken taillight 9 times out of 10. More money, less risk, and another violent crime = win for the police.
I'm sure there are a handful of police out there who are genuinely good individuals, but from my past experience they are far and few outnumbered by the power tripping a-holes described above.[This message has been edited by loafer87gt (edited 09-16-2006).]
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RickN
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SEP 16, 12:56 PM
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My beef is that law enforcement should be required to abide by civilian traffic laws unless they have at least flashing lights on. I can understand the need to respond to a scene silently but I believe there is no situation that should warrant breaking civilian traffic laws without the lights. Casually cruising 20+ mph over the prevailing traffic speed and/or speed limit, making multiple lane changes with no signals, and tailgating are just arrogant abuses of their position. I have sat and listened to the bragging and boasting of law enforcement officers in their off hours at dinner parties and other social gatherings and it's inexcusable, describing how their buddy got the latest "hot" car and they took it onto the interstate and got up to "insert stupid mph here". Law enforcement needs to start policing there own more vigorously. They can't expect respect from the rest of us when they behave this way themselves whether they are exempt or not from the laws that you and I must obey. Don't even get me started on chases...
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under8ted
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SEP 16, 01:55 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Jermz238:
and either wait and have them sign it or stick it on their windshield for them.
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DO NOT--EVER--sign anything for a piece of filth pig. Once you do, it becomes contract law--not civil law.
Use the pen as a dagger and put it in the bastards throught.......thats better than they deserve, but the best that can be done at the moment.
Its LOOONNGGGGGG past time to teach the nazi trash they are not a ruling class. If they dont like it, they have 2 choices-=-shut up and leave, or die.
In case you havent guessed my politics by now--I really do think its time for a new civil war, and once and for all kick some government pig ass. The taliban 1/2 a world away isnt my enemy, thay have done nothing to harm me personally---the asswipe pig on the corner, well thats a different storey.
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Nurb432
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SEP 16, 02:08 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by loafer87gt:
Cops are revenue generators plain and simple. If you think they are wearing that badge and uniform to protect the public you are sadly mistaken. From my own experience, if you are in dire need of assistance and call the cops, you might as well sign your own death ticket because they won't care one bit. They might show up three hours later , but only after making numerous stops on route to issue "public endangering" tickets such as window tint violations, rust citations, mud or snow obstructing your license plates, etc. Truth be told, I think the police's true goal is to get violence and crime rates as high as possible, that way they can appeal to the public and the city to hire more of their useless asses promising that increased policing will the lower crime nubers. Then once these extra thugs in blue hit the street, they too turn a blind eye to crime and instead pester the average joe with their money grubbing antics. Like i have said earlier, if the cops around here were put in a situation where they came upon a woman getting raped and a car with a taillight out at the same time, they would go after the guy with broken taillight 9 times out of 10. More money, less risk, and another violent crime = win for the police.
I'm sure there are a handful of police out there who are genuinely good individuals, but from my past experience they are far and few outnumbered by the power tripping a-holes described above.
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I do agree with the statement they are not here to protect your family from harm. That is your job.
They are here to 'serve' the community and find/prosecute the criminal afterwards. To serve as a deterrent mostly.
That is, unless we degerate into a total police state.. then the rules are different.
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