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| Do you, think some POLICE man and women have a chip on there shoulder
Posted: 6/9/2006 4:37:56 PM | I think the problem with the police is that they spend so much time dealing with the seedy elements of society, after a while it becomes hard for them to not see that in everyone.
Just like when you get a new car you suddenly start seeing them everywhere, they start dealing with croooks, and after a while start seeing the bad in most people, and treat them accordingly.
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| Do you, think some POLICE man and women have a chip on there shoulder
Posted: 6/9/2006 6:34:47 PM | They do a job that most of us don't have the talent or will to do... I think they are brilliant... I have 3 very good friends who are coppers and they would always apply fairness to everyone. I remember good times and bad times with the police involved. That is only because they were involved and actually trying to improve the community they are living in....
We all need to take a lesson from those working in public protection and health... the army, police, nurses and doctors put more into this world than anyone sitting near the fence...
thank god there are certain people who see ding the right thing as a moral obligation. 
NDB don't do it becasue you'll be competition for myself... hehe! | |
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| Do you, think some POLICE man and women have a chip on there shoulder
Posted: 6/11/2006 2:42:05 AM | "Can you imagine what society would be life if police didnt have a "thing" inside their heads that enables them to forsee probable problems!" - Are you for real littleangel ?
Police men and women do not have special powers !!! I am glad I live in a country with a healthy disrespect for those in 'authority'
-thats what u call a normal balanced point of view, to suggest that the police do not enjoy being on a power trip as soon as they don their uniforms is laughable and there is no way that a police man or woman would advertise the fact that they are (here anyway).....that would be the fastest way to be shunned by society, have to laugh at the innocence of 'buffy' telling everyone what she does for a living - like it is something to be proud of !!! | |
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| Do you, think some POLICE man and women have a chip on there shoulder
Posted: 6/11/2006 2:51:34 AM |
that would be the fastest way to be shunned by society, have to laugh at the innocence of 'buffy' telling everyone what she does for a living - like it is something to be proud of !!!
hang on just a second....i am proud of what i do...very proud, and i dont give a rats ass if someone wants to put me down for it!
if someone wants to shun me for what i do for a living...they know where the door is, and its their loss!
i am not some innocent little child that has no idea of how things are in the real world...i knew i would get some stick for admitting what i do..but in all honesty, most here accept me for who i am, and hopefully for my contributions to the forums! | |
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| Do you, think some POLICE man and women have a chip on there shoulder
Posted: 6/11/2006 9:11:49 AM | just something else i want to comment on...
I am glad I live in a country with a healthy disrespect for those in 'authority'
i am sorry, but i fail to see how having disrespect for anyone can be healthy.
i understand, from your post, that you disrespect anyone in a position of authority over you...am i to presume, therefore, that you disrespect your parents, elders, teachers?...didnt these very people have some authority over you in your formative years? | |
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| Do you, think some POLICE man and women have a chip on there shoulder
Posted: 6/11/2006 9:48:08 AM | Did you take his caller number which would be on his uniform in silver or gold letters?
If you did or if you know his name you can make an official report to the station,his superiors or their customer services department.
Most police departments have a Customer service advisory.I know Surrey police certainly do.I actually have a very helpful beat police officer...
Blessings | |
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| Do you, think some POLICE man and women have a chip on there shoulder
Posted: 6/11/2006 9:59:37 AM | | I think they do a fantastic job...and I've been on the receiving end of some grief in the past...but they are just doing their job. I bear no grudges. I have a wonderful friend in the police force and he works incredibley hard, and certainly has to deal with some very serious issues..I know I couldn't do what he does. | |
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| Do you, think some POLICE man and women have a chip on there shoulder
Posted: 6/12/2006 1:54:11 AM | | For all the people who go into serving the public be it Politics, police, medical profession or even armed forces for the ego trip there are those who go in as a stand for all that is good in humanity. Any one who knocks them is a total fool because without them we would live in anarchy where the strong win all the time and the weak become slaves. Buffy might be daft for broadcasting what her job is, but she is one of the nations heroes for doing what she believes in. Disrespect for authority is disrespect for your fellow man, not allowing the police cart blanch in all things is not disrespect but prevention of absolute power along with its nemesis absolute corruption. | |
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Posted: 6/12/2006 7:52:03 PM | haha....so sorry buffy but I was kinda messing when i said those things I said, was in a funny mood last sunday morning albeit there is a wee anarchist dying to get out of me but ...hey there is a certain amount of truth in what I said about "disrespect for authority" and I don't think I need to explain (if you want, I will naturally), will give you a hint as to my lack of respect, being Irish (dunno what the welsh or scottish experience is...as countries and cultures colonised by the English, nothing against english people btw) but it is a fact that at one time we were overrun by the "black and tans", lets not forget the priests and the nuns - church run state and all of that
I genuinely think you are a very nice person solely from reading your posts, you seem very happy go-lucky and are a little ray of sunshine, was pure divilment that possessed me when I thought it would be a good idea to wind you up a little.....sorry; and yes those people had authority over me when i was a youngster which I resented hugely and still do to be honest - but I have always been a rebel of sorts and horribly arrogant haha | |
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| Do you, think some POLICE man and women have a chip on there shoulder
Posted: 6/13/2006 2:52:46 AM | two words - neccessary evil!
Yeah ok we are all wary of the police cos essentially they are out to "get us", even if its for running a red light or going a bit fast etc, but we're all quick enough to call them when WE have been agrieved in some way. Its not an easy job and i for one am glad there are people willing to do it  | |
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| Do you, think some POLICE man and women have a chip on there shoulder
Posted: 6/13/2006 3:14:15 AM | The police were formed to make the streets a safer place to be. In recent years, they have plainly failed to do so, whilst concentrating on easy crimes like motoring offences which harm hardly anyone.
There is no point in having things like cctv overlooking the streets, as the pictures are inconclusive, and they do not prevent attacks on us. We need to get the police away from their desks and paperwork, and back on the beat where they belong. Leave the forms to the civilians or the hobby-bobbies, who are next to useless on the street. | |
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| Do you, think some POLICE man and women have a chip on there shoulder
Posted: 6/15/2006 1:28:56 AM | Police are human too and have bad days just like you and me ... they have to deal with soo much bullshit day in and day out and idiot after idiot and are always working overtime ...
Of course there is the odd bad seed.. they are everywhere .. but treat them with respect and they will show you the same courtosy .
They have a hard job. They deserve it .
I'm surpised how most of them are able to retain a good sense of humor and not let the shit get to them . | |
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Posted: 6/15/2006 3:26:00 AM | I have the upmost respect for the police force and the work they do to maintain the framework of society that we have chosen to live in but there do seem to be certain oddites in the way the behave....
I had my son removed illegally from my custody by 2 policeman effectly kidnapping him from me and putting him in his mothers custody, a descion that basically cost me the residency of my child so i if anyone have a bone to pick with the police but i understand they are human and make mistakes as we all do sometimes.
But the police we see helping the old ladies across the road or giving directions are not the testoterone or whatever they are pumping into the fools in the meat wagons (I'd guess at steriods or an LSD or PCP derivative from the way they behave) that we see late at night bundling into the aggresive and sometimes (Its looks like in sexy boys case) non aggresive drunk people on their way home after a night out. I have been a victim of them tossers too, and they aint as tough without their mates... | |
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| Do you, think some POLICE man and women have a chip on there shoulder
Posted: 6/15/2006 3:54:05 AM | Having a chip on thier shoulder isn,t it just a snack to munch on while patrolling thier beat..
Seriously , iI,ve not met a policeman yet thats aggresive, unless provoked..
Its a very difficult job , and hats off to you Buffy, I wished I,d joined up years ago, instead of doing what I do now..
I have family in the force , and know full well how hard the job can be..The police are restricted alot by the Home Office and should be given greater powers I believe..
Its not their fault that the courts are too lenient with offenders after they have worked so hard to bring them to justice... | |
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| Do you, think some POLICE man and women have a chip on there shoulder
Posted: 6/16/2006 5:41:49 AM | Hi
A few 'peelers' are ok. But in my experience, many do appear to carry huge chips on their shoulders, with equally as many arrogant enough to believe they actually ARE the law rather than enforcement representatives and servers of the law-abiding sections of our community.
When we stay on the right side of them, many appear fine and often pleasant at face value. Victims of crime tend to see peelers on their best behaviour, where they are often sympathetic to our needs of them. 
It's when they SUSPECT that we are involved in a crime of sorts that their true personalities and attitudes tend to surface. It would seem that in the eyes of many an arresting officer, one is GUILTY until proven innocent beyond reasonable doubt rather than the other way around. And on those occasions they're found to be totally wrong in their suspicions, don't expect an apology that may well never arrive - at least not before hell freezes over.
Many appear to be little more than power-hungry guys who are only too willing to accept the adulation bestowed upon them by innocent members of a general public ignorant of their true colours, which may only arise behind closed doors.  
It would also seem that many peelers are under worked and over paid. Others are trapped behind a desk for hours on end instead of patrolling streets on foot and protecting the law-abiding sections of the community they are actually meant to serve.
Admittedly we can rightly blame an inappropriate system of government for any inadequate service. But while ever we see funds unnecessarily squandered on the increase of traffic policing, that will only serve to agitate those of us who would prefer to see the money spent on catching REAL criminals rather than targeting the easy pickings taken from drivers exceeding the speed limit by the odd mile per hour.
It truly pains me to see newfangled methods of relieving motorists of their dosh; none more so than witnessing three peelers in the back of a transit van when it takes just one to operate the equipment monitoring our speed through the rear door window. (What are the other two in there for, we may well wonder?).
Oh yeah, and come to mention it, it pains me even more to see these speed traps knowing that the cretins who have burgled me twice in the space of one year are still at large and free to carry on thieving from others. 
Something wrong with the system?
You bet!
Do I think that British peelers are generally useless and tend to have chips on their shoulders?
By and large, you bet!
Do I blame Sir Robert for the way his idea has become rather dysfunctional in modern society?
No I do not.
I do, however, tend to blame the madcap and current failings of a nation willing to tolerate the downright intolerable.
Vent over. 
Regards
BB | |
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| Do you, think some POLICE man and women have a chip on there shoulder
Posted: 6/16/2006 9:16:24 AM | Most of the plod I've met tend to be a bit simple minded. I had one pick a screwdriver off the floor of my car (my crime: being out in the car at 2 am):
Plod: *picks up screwdriver off the floor of the car* "What's this?"
Me: "It's a screwdriver".
Another time plod pulls me up (my crime: being out in the car at 2 am):
Plod: *looking round front of car* "Where's your tax disc?"
Me: "It's there" *points at tax disc which is in plain sight*
I was recently detained under the Terrorism Act (my crime: 'wild' camping on land where I had permission to be). That particular plod had a real chip on his shoulder and looked all of 20 years old with his bumfluff and too-big tit on the head. He wouldn't tell me if he was enjoying his new powers and got right uppity when I asked for his name and number. He also wouldn't stop calling me 'Sir' even though I asked him not to.
Another time Ms. plod pulls me up (my crime: being out in the car at 2 am):
Ms. Plod: "Have you been drinking tonight, Sir?"
Me: "No"
Ms. Plod: "Blow in my machine here"
Me: *Huff puff* light stays green.
Ms. Plod: "Blow a lot harder or I'll arrest you"
Me: *HUFF PUFF* light is still green
Ms. Plod was absolutely adamant that I was going to light up at least the amber light but unfortunately for her I'd had nothing to drink at all that day.
So, not all police but a good proportion of 'em in my experience. | |
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| Do you, think some POLICE man and women have a chip on there shoulder
Posted: 6/16/2006 12:08:07 PM | Underworked and Overpaid????
Where did you get that idea from ? I have known many police on a personal level and nothing could be further from the truth. They are ALWAYS working overtime... 14 to 20 hour days sometimes if they are working on a particular project... otherwise on a regular day 14 hours is not uncommon. and sure the pay is not horrible... especially in Canada compared to USA but it's nowhere near enough money for what they do .. it's the middle to highend of middle income which is normal... nothing to brag about ... I can think of so many professions that are over-paid and police is not one of them. | |
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| Do you, think some POLICE man and women have a chip on there shoulder
Posted: 6/18/2006 12:00:34 AM | tr33
"Plod: *picks up screwdriver off the floor of the car* "What's this?"
Me: "It's a screwdriver".
Maybe he just wasn't practically minded enough to know the difference between a cross-head and a slot-head. Perhaps you should have humoured him and asked him what he thought we use screwdrivers for. | |
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