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**GregWeld** · #1 02-08-2013, 08:54 AM

I have three cop buddies.... and this is absolutely the truth. It's amazing the crap they have to deal with day after day. And they're the first ones that volunteer to help me or to show me something. They give, give, give.

DBasher · #2 02-08-2013, 01:04 PM

Plenty of cops do the job without being a prick, others not so much. I would think that if you can't handle the job without being a professional it might be time to find something else to do.

I think she got it right about hanging out with other cops, they get eachother. That's good medicine no matter what the job, blow off some steam with guys that get it.

Just like with any other profession, you have good guys and the POS's. It's too bad the POS ones get protected by their "brothers"

Dan

rjsjea · #3 02-08-2013, 08:07 PM

They aren't all pricks, I know dozens of them, both men and women. They generally are stand up contributing members to their communities.

Very few, at least in the major city I'm referring to, write speeders, mud flaps, expired tags (insert chippy reason here) tickets.

**glassman** · #4 02-08-2013, 10:03 PM

My brother in law just made lieutenant. Goes to work every day with a target on his back, I love him dearly , he's a cops cop, or a mans man, his six year old boy, my nephew, his pride and joy came down with cancer discovered just before Christmas, emergency surgery and six weeks into chemo there is no sign.
God only gives us what we can handle, well, Bart was built to handle much. I am so proud he married my baby sis....

intocarss · #5 02-08-2013, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by GregWeld

I have three cop buddies.... and this is absolutely the truth. It's amazing the crap they have to deal with day after day. And they're the first ones that volunteer to help me or to show me something. They give, give, give.

I have a few cop friends plus the ones I used to race with and... this statement is 110% true. Some of the stories they tell about the lighter stuff they've seen are funny as hell

Vince@Meanstreets · #6 02-09-2013, 12:18 AM

Im not a cop but can be a prick 24/7, but you know. I like it. LOL

Most of the cops I know are crazy guys. Military guys are the same. "Fire in blood".

John510 · #7 02-10-2013, 09:48 AM

the mustached ones are the worst....

kochevy67 · #8 02-21-2013, 07:56 PM

That piece you wrote is spot on. I have been on CPD for over 15 years and I can agree with everything you stated. By the way can your husband call Mc Carthy and have him get the hell out of our city, he is ruining our dept. and does not have a clue. LOL

Mr Furley · #9 02-22-2013, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by kochevy67

By the way can your husband call Mc Carthy and have him get the hell out of our city, he is ruining our dept. and does not have a clue. LOL

Thank God! I think the rest of the world thinks that guy is off his rocker, good to hear that the whole force doesn't stand with that bag of excrement.

That piece does hit the nail square on the head. I've known a few cops over the years and in high school had the opportunity to ride along for a two week period. Suffice it to say your view of humanity rapidly degrades. People start to fall into two categories, tax payers and turds. As a result of my experience I've learned to respect them a whole lot more with the exception of the over zealous traffic cop nazi. Those guys seem to be the hall-monitor type that spent the majority of their youth being shoved into lockers and have a chip on their shoulders to show for it.

RussMurco · #10 03-20-2013, 09:31 AM

Sorry to reignite an old thread, I saw it a while back and didn't comment the first time around but I wanted to chime in...

I get it, as a former Marine who looked at becoming a cop many moons ago, and I know they have to deal with scattered bits of human debris every day.
I also know that the departments are constantly having to defend their actions and positions, that news reporters (and lawyers) are always looking to blow-up any minor mistakes, and the weight of that rests mostly on the good cops trying to do a job under less than ideal circumstances. Throw in the general attitude and lack of self-respect many people display these days and I thank God I didn't become a cop.

My issues aren't with the cops out on the streets, it's their bosses! It seems that the police have become far more militarized over the last 20 years. More military uniforms, weapons, tactics, and SWAT teams being used more and more. It used to be SWAT teams were rarely used but many forces these days have platoons of SWAT officers and they are regularly used for raids for everything from weed to card games (yes, local card games, look it up). These SWAT teams are also starting to use more and more military-style vehicles as well, I won't even touch on the DHS getting 2,700 armored personnel carriers to go with their 2.7 billion hollow-tip bullets.

A dear friend's husband was killed in a SWAT raid, they had the wrong house! Imagine sitting in your living room, relaxing, winding down for bed time and having a stream of heavily armed men bust through your door, shooting your dogs, yelling commands, demanding you not resist. He did, and rightfully so, as they had no business in his home. They shot him as he demanded to see their search warrant. It happens more and more every year and it will continue until we take the "profit motives" out of policing.

By "profit motive" I speak of "civil asset forfetures" that more and more localitlies, and the feds, rely on for revenue. You can be pulled-over and have your vehicle seized even if you haven't broken any laws and aren't charged with anything!!! Just try and fight a government hungry for the money your car will bring! I was talking to a local sheriff when the subject of guns came up and he proceeded to show me his carry weapon, a Dan Wesson Valor 45. I was stunned that he was carrying an $1800 duty pistol and when I asked about it he replied, "Gotta do something with all that dope money!" before chuckling out the door and hopping in his brand new SRT8 Dodge Charger police car - one of 6 in a town with 7,000 residents.

This is where the street cop does play a part, when they allow themselves to become collection agents for the mayors, or govenors, or whomever.
The general public has noticed all of this too and I think the general attitude towards police in general has degraded even among law-abiders like myself. I don't like seeing police in spec-ops tactical gear when they are assigned traffic duty, I don't care for siezure tactics being used to fund greedy politicians, I don't care for the more regular use of cameras and drones being used to record our every move, and I don't care for assault teams going after people for card games.

Last year there were 18,000 laws passed among federal, state, and local governments. It's getting to where the police can't keep up with what's legal and what's not so how the heck can we keep up? We are becoming a police state and I'm not terribly comfortable with that. Yes, I've voiced these concerns to my police friends over the years and 2 of the 6 have retired the badge because of the same concerns.