sadly there will be examples where there are some bad cops - where mistakes have been made ...

but there are far more bad guys than there are cops. even the minor league badguys like probably every single person here (speeding, copying DVDs :o

stuff like that.... shit it's probably 10,000 to 1 on really bad guys alone.

unfortunately it's the bad stuff that makes the news. we dont see a lot of press coverage where a cop saves someone - or catches the bastard that raped your daughter, or takes a knife in the back from the abused wife the cop showed up to help.


like i said before - there are more bad teachers, or doctors, or politicians, etc, than there are bad cops and i think they - in whole - have done far more harm in our society.

one thing to remember .. (and it goes for border police as well)

when being questioned .. be polite. dont be an asshole. stay calm and curtious. if being a big man smart ass is worth a cracked skull - then by all means - exorcise your right to call him/her an asshole.

just dont stand anywhere near me when you're doing it.

True.

I have known instances of cops taking a bullet meant for bystanders. Just how many times have they saved people from hijackings, kidnaps, rapes, possible killings, etc...common weekly occurrences which are too many to be recorded or applauded.

There are two sides to the coin. Of course, the shitty side makes the news and sadly, the bright side does not.

It all ends up for them of being worthy of a posthumous medal, or possibly a gold watch.

Nothing more.

a flag folded on a coffin.

"Sorry Paps, you did your bit. Life moves on."

People tend to forget that cops are also humans - some of them bound by duty, others bound by their job to support a family.

Mistakes happen. I think the guy at my office realised it too. He knew there was no way of taking back what they did to him in a week in the lockup.

For every bad cop, there are always 10 good cops.

A classic case of one bad apple spoiling the entire barrel...

and folks who like to live on the shadier side of the street will cling to anything to support/justify their own actions ..

For example: What is everyone reading or hearing about on the news in Philly right now? About a bunch of cops beating a suspect -- not about Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski, who was killed in the line of duty responding to a bank robbery. The people in the neighborhood tried to keep him alive until the ambulance got there, but it was too late. He had a hero's funeral today - complete with his body being taken to Cathedral Basilicia Sts. Peter and Paul by horse-drawn carriage. All of the political people were there: the mayor, the governor, the chief of police.

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I really have a significant amount to say on the topic... But Chrono is very very tired.

Aww...cmere, lemme cuddle and fondle ya till you fall asleep. :)

oh...ohh.....newb is very very tired as well........fondle time:D

right......I must be tired...I just read that back and creeped myself out....night all

Mrs. Newb!!

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Nite, gramps. Be sure to take your medicine and tuck yourself in tight.

A pretty naive view i'd say..

I would say the 'majority' of cops start with the notion that its a decent job/has benefits and they might have a chance to do something positive. At the rookie stage very few are of the 'asshole'/abuse of power' type'

So they get on the job - some of it is good and a lot lot of its not so good. Firstly, though they are the upholders of law and order, a fair few of those they are trying protect threat them like shit on their shoe..also the laws they are trying to enforce don't really work as well as they do on paper once it gets to court.....and another their hours are damn anti-social meaning the only people they end up hanging with are...other cops...before long its an 'us and them' mentality. which to be honest isn't unreasonable since 90% of those that they have to deal with are junkies/scum/criminals and 99% of the shit out of them are lies.....

So spending most of your waking time (work hours) in this envionment changes - had for the most part not in a positive way. ....personally i'd say cops are good at dealing with criminals but where the line crosses and they have to deal with people who don't spend much of their time in and out of jail thats when u see em at the worse..of course this is pretty simplistic but you get my point.







I live in Ireland and i'm talking personally and things may be different in America/Main land europe etc tec.

I hate the fact that around here the state of Michigan (and especially the city of Detroit thanks to our great mayor) is broke and yet they're "mobilizing strike forces" to make sure that every good little citizen is buckled.



Bullshit.



Let's put extra cops that we supposedly can't afford to pay (that's what they say when a unit doesn't respond to a crime) on the road to make sure people are buckled up. Assholes.