Originally posted by Fmr12B:
Originally posted by Sandman333:
I don't know what's wrong with you. I think any reasonable person would agree that you have been biased. I don't remember you being this way. I'm confused as to why you are being so ignorant.



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I really dislike cops................... More than anything its the cop attitude that bugs the living crap outta me.



Something screwy with the internet, have not been able to get on Contour.org for several days. Anyway....

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Next: Parade detail, you get paid double OT for parade detail? Give me my tax dollars back.



Gee, I never got that. Don't participate in too many parades, but double OT? Hmmm, would be nice. I suppose we should just get regular time for over 40 hr/wk, right? Sure, my family time doesn't mean as much to me as yours does to you. It's ok, I understand...

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Next: Bullzsheit ass tickets. You know everyone writes these damn things. Why? I have my theories, either to pick up on hot chicks or quotas.



Never heard of a quota for writing tickets. Not once, and I know a lot of officers. Let's see, if a law is in the motor vehicle code, and someone violates the law, it is good for a ticket, yes? I don't see your problem here, other than you have a problem obeying the law. In that case, the problem is yours, not the officer's. Time to learn some personal responsibility, methinks.

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Next: Fat bastard cops. All huffin and puffin, thats why innocent people get shot. The fat cop can't run no more so he just shoots Julio Comacho Sanchez rather than run after him.



Yes, there are still some RODs out there. However, the level of professionalism in law enforcement has dramatically increased in the last 3 decades. To insinuate that we simply shoot someone because we can't catch them in a foot pursuit is insane. You have no idea what you are talking about. Many, MANY hours are devoted to training police how not to violate citizen rights. Our sue-happy society would never allow what you have described, and if it did happen (there are possibilities under the law, armed fleeing felon is one), the officer would go to jail. Again, you have not one clue about that which you speak. Sounds to me like you broke some law recently and would like to blame anyone else but yourself for your misfortune.

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Next: Racist cops, just like normal people, but these cops execute there power to harass.



Yes, I have seen that. I don't know how to weed that out. Realize that we are human too. I am by no means racist, nor will I tolerate that in anyone I work with. The vast majority of my stops and tickets go to white males, the demographic I belong to.

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Next: Cops who abuse there power while driving. I have never in my life seen a cop use there blinker.



Did you know that many states exempt officers from certain traffic laws? Trust me, there is enough to do, being on the look out for crime, listening/talking on the radio, observing behavior, etc etc.....

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Next: The chase scene cop, do these Officers think they are Steve McQueen in there Crown Vics? Them chasing a car thief, hustler, drug dealer, or some other petty thief gets others killed. The big eye in the sky can track em down.



Stop with the mail order subscription to COPS, and you might gain a little perspective. Better yet, go out and ride with the same officer every day for 2 weeks. See what they go through. If you think it's all hyped high speed chases, you would be sorely mistaken. Eye in the sky? hmmmm, really. I think the closest helo to where I work would be Chicago/Cook County. It would take them roughly 1 hour to get to me at top speed, and then only if they are not busy. Do you really think that every chase can be covered by air support? Do you have any idea how unrealistic that is? Do you care, or are you just wanting to make a rant (irrational) against officers because of your own bias (just another form of racism...).

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I honestly think sumin is wrong with people who want to be a cop. Either they were the bullies in HS and want to continue that BS or they were the wimps who want to get even or try and get a date!



And I honestly think there is something wrong with you. Your arguments here are irrational and seem to have been posed without thought. I don't remember you being like this, and so I have to question what happened to you. Yes, there are bad cops out there, but they are by no means the majority, and if you had a bad experience with one I am sorry for that. However, given your line of thinking here, I would be more inclined to believe that the problem was yours, not the officer's.


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20 - 30 yrs ago, cops were citizens helpers. Now they are overpaid, overweight, giant ego'd donut eaters.




Overpaid, huh? Wow, really, tell that to my kids. I'm 31, work 3 jobs (if you include the Guard as a job), and only now have I been able to afford to purchase my first house- and that only because of my service in Iraq. hmmmm... wonder where all that money is going, because I sure don't see it. Overpaid? For putting my life on the line every day? Are you clinically insane?


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Yes, all generalizations but I bet I summed up 60% of the police force in this country.

The other 40% I congratualte on a fine effort and appreciate your service. You have really been there for me and others at time. You were there for the GF & daughter in that horrendous car wreck and helped out at 3am with those bastards who drove a screwdriver through my SVT's door trying to get my $60 6yr old Sony CD player out.


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Have a nice day Mr. Officer







No, you summed up about 2%, and in your biased (racist) thinking, applied that standard (unfairly) to all the rest.

Good day Mr. Citizen.

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