More LEOs behaving badly

Yeah, right....that's what "they" all say

 

This entire thread, is about finding fault with police officers. Some of it is justified, some of it is hogwash. Most of it, is rush to judgment.
Anytime I see a tag line like "screw the cops" on a reported story, it is very clear the story is biased, the reporting is slipshod, the headline misleading, and the conclusions reached are not a logical represtation of the true facts.

 

Didn't the SS in Germany pre- WWII start out like this?

 

Mayberry is no more. Andy never needed his gun, and to the best of my knowledge, never wore a vest. Drunks were the worst of his problems, and fights.
Now, he gets shot while pumping gas, run over by crazed drivers, shot with armor piercing ammo, and his family is attacked if they are known.
Cops have one of the highest suicide rates, and high blood pressure issues, and every contact could pass HIV or something worse.
I hear it often "it's only illegal if you get caught".... No, it's not. It is illegal, weather you get caught or not, and with the better surveillance, DNA, data mining, profiling, facial recognition software, meta-data, and hundreds of other tools, getting caught is much more likely than ever before.
Yet civility is slipping away. Manners are nearly gone. Chivalry, and honor are scoffed at, and thug life is revered.
You want to avoid a Police state? Start with manners.teach your kids the proper respect for the man and the office, proper speech, education them to the law and proper behavior. (And that included pulling their damn pants up) everyone wants to claim their RIGHTS but most do not even know their responsibilities.
Arguing with a cop about the law, is not his function, he enforces law, he didn't write it or pass it.you want to argue the law? Go to court.

 

Do not put words in my mouth. I did NOT say OBEY. I said " You want to avoid a Police state? Start with manners.teach your kids the proper respect for the man and the office, proper speech, education them to the law and proper behavior. (And that included pulling their damn pants up)". That means teach your kids to be citizens, not thugs.

 

As a former cop from a family of cops I gotta point out that being mouthy isn't an offense requiring the use of force to remediate.

 

Ty @chimo for saying that.you can't fix what is off in this country with manners. I'm not saying don't have them or teach them but bad behavior doesn't source with manners.

 

You're right, but it was at that point the cop decided to enforce the real infraction, instead of letting it slide. (It WAS a minor violation, after all) mouthy got him busted.

 

If a cop I worked with wrote up someone for jaywalking, we'd laugh at him and ask him if he wanted a transfer to the meter maids. If you can't deal with people without becoming a petty bully, you need a career change.

 

Is it a good story that will make me giggle...or a story that will make me rant about what a bunch of dipsticks our cops are turning into these days? If it's the latter...no thanks...it'll just get my blood pressure up.

 

Not one of the things normally posted in this thread, but (IMO) a good illustration of one of the major factors in the degradation of the badge: Police union threatens Tarantino with 'surprise'

 

FOP leadership has never has been real bright...which is why my Dad's generation dumped them and created the CPPA after the Glenville riots in 68.

 

The whole concept of public employee unions is ridiculous...2 groups of public employees "bargaining" with absolutely no input from the actual employer who pays the bill...the citizens.

 

Yep, I agree. Oh no's the Union might tell us we ain't real cops now! See how this silly group-think stuff works?