Police Car in School Zone

[Denny347]

Yeah, our toilet paper for the rollcalls finally arrived.

 

[Denny347]

Everybody does a thankless job.

I'd say they get thanked for doing their job far more than the rest of us. All I get is a paycheck.

True, but it would be nice for a change that after I arrest boyfriend for beating the bejesus out of girlfriend, that when we go to court, she would thank me for stopping the violence rather than her lying about me to get boyfriend out of jail .

 

[Pocketman]

Yeah, our toilet paper for the rollcalls finally arrived.

"Roll calls?"

 

[steveh_131]

True, but it would be nice for a change that after I arrest boyfriend for beating the bejesus out of girlfriend, that when we go to court, she would thank me for stopping the violence rather than her lying about me to get boyfriend out of jail .

I won't deny that it's a crappy job.

Apparently it's worth it in some way, because lots of people do it.

 

[Doug]

You should have rolled down your window and politely called him out.

"Excuse me sir, you know this is a school zone, right?"

Frankly, after all the You-Tube videos of out of control officers and a report from a very credible source of being spat upon (possibly unintentionally, while yelling) by an angry officer there is no way I would "call out" or confront an officer unless I am in a court room where the odds or at least close to even.

If he goes off on the street, it will be his word against mine and all responding officers, the prosecutor, and the judge are going to assume he is telling the absolute truth.

Maybe there is a very small percentage of those kind of officers out there, but I'm not going to take a chance on finding one. I still try to avoid interacting with police officers except in purely social situations.

Doug

 

[public servant]

I still try to avoid interacting with police officers.

Me too. I hate those bastards.

 

[joslar15]

Me too. I hate those bastards.

Except when IMPD cars are speeding on 465, then I just tuck in behind them until they reach their exit or I reach mine.

 

[UncleMike]

Me too. I hate those bastards.

Hater!

 

[Doug]

Me too. I hate those bastards.

I don't hate them; I just don't want to interact with them in any official capacity.

Doug

 

[public servant]

Hater!

Everyone has to be something.

 

[Lex Concord]

This officer could have been responding to a run. Police officers receive training that makes them better drivers than your average citizen. When I see an officer going a little faster than me I smile and wave. I am thankful for the thankless job they do.

Ahhh...ironic paradox...you just thanked them, so the job is no longer thankless

If it's a run that requires breaking traffic laws, lights, at least, should be on. He may have been about to collar a shoplifter at the Dollar General, but he could have endangered school children....THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!

 

[Trigger Time]

Seems there are some here who have issues with the police. I did not see what I was getting myself into.

 

[jsharmon7]

Ahhh...ironic paradox...you just thanked them, so the job is no longer thankless

If it's a run that requires breaking traffic laws, lights, at least, should be on. He may have been about to collar a shoplifter at the Dollar General, but he could have endangered school children....THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!

I'm thankful for being thanked for a thankless job. How about that one?!

 

[public servant]

Seems there are some here who have issues with the police. I did not see what I was getting myself into.

You're new here, right? Welcome...

 

[littletommy]

This officer could have been responding to a run. Police officers receive training that makes them better drivers than your average citizen. When I see an officer going a little faster than me I smile and wave. I am thankful for the thankless job they do.

Well there ya go, training puts a magical cloak around a police car that keeps kids from darting off the sidewalk, or other drivers out of it's path! I never knew that! Where might I get this training you speak of?

 

[Denny347]

I won't deny that it's a crappy job.

Apparently it's worth it in some way, because lots of people do it.

Yeah, there is a good draw to this profession. The good outweighs the bad for most of us. It is one of the few professions that define the professional. It becomes part of our personality and shapes our relationships to the people around us. Being a LEO is who I am, and is as much a part of me as my ethnic heritage and I have the privilege to get paid to do it.

 

[public servant]

Where might I get this training you speak of?

You have to know the secret handshake and gang signs first.

 

[Doug]

Yeah, there is a good draw to this profession. The good outweighs the bad for most of us. It is one of the few professions that define the professional. It becomes part of our personality and shapes our relationships to the people around us. Being a LEO is who I am, and is as much a part of me as my ethnic heritage and I have the privilege to get paid to do it.

Maybe that is why the unprofessional actions of a few, screaming, cursing, threatening "it wouldn't bother me a bit to shoot you ten times," etc, stand out so much.

Its the black sheep that stands out and is remembered when all the others are white.

(There is no racial or sheepish intent in that statement.)

Doug

 

[steveh_131]

Yeah, there is a good draw to this profession. The good outweighs the bad for most of us. It is one of the few professions that define the professional. It becomes part of our personality and shapes our relationships to the people around us. Being a LEO is who I am, and is as much a part of me as my ethnic heritage and I have the privilege to get paid to do it.

I'm not convinced that this is a good thing. I wonder how many of the negative issues with LEO stem from this. I of course don't direct this towards you, personally. But I can see how that mindset could potentially lead to elitist attitudes and power trips in some.

 

[UncleMike]

I'm not convinced that this is a good thing. I wonder how many of the negative issues with LEO stem from this. I of course don't direct this towards you, personally. But I can see how that mindset could potentially lead to elitist attitudes and power trips in some.

Marines are proud to be Marines.
Firemen are proud to be Firemen.
Masons are proud to be Masons.
Jews are proud to be Jews.
The list of people who are proud of their particular organization/religion/ethnic group/profession/etc is endless.
It doesn't make them elitist.
It makes them part of a group that instills pride in it's members.