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| Good Cops & Bad Cops
Posted: 7/7/2007 12:46:02 AM | I snapped at the Dispatcher because I am human and I was frustrated, because I had just driven across the District from the area to which she was sending me, and I already had 50 + miles on the car, and I was rather fatigued by the driving.
So, you have said I have ugly innards and am a BSer, and I am ill-qualified for my job.. At this point I have no interest in reading whatever you emailed me, because I choose not to deal with nasty, toxic people when I have a choice. | |
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| Good Cops & Bad Cops
Posted: 7/7/2007 2:45:54 AM | I dont want an explanation, ma'am, all in good spirits, or good humor .....I CERTAINLY MEANT NO DISRESPECT...... I meant that you are too NICE to fit
into the stereotypical mold that is the obvious inspiration for most of the comments on this topic, I extend my deepest apoligies, I'm sorry to assume that you have a
higher intelligence than average, my fault.
Peace be with you
Shomesomethin | |
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| Why do so many people seem to hate cops?
Posted: 7/7/2007 3:00:37 AM | Nocturnal, ma'am... my point is, if there is more than one officer present in a case of
police brutality, there should be no need to file a complaint. In other words if the "blue
wall of silence" were knocked down like it should be there would be few if any complaints against officers. Kind of like the military. This country has far too many cops distributed unevenly, I'm sure there is probably not nearly enough in Cleveland,
however there are far too many in the suburbs which leads to bored/restless cops,
and we all know what that leads to. Ever wonder why so many people seem to hate cops?
Peace,
Shomesomethin | |
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| Why do so many people seem to hate cops?
Posted: 7/7/2007 3:13:48 AM | shomesomething,
What we have here is a failure to communicate! Apparently a mutual misunderstanding.
This is not cops, but military: there was a story in the paper about how one punch ruined two lives. Three soldiers killed another seventeen or eighteen years ago. The dead man allegedly threw the first punch, but the second drunken soldier landed his punch, and then the other two beat the man to death. They dumped his body in a chimney, and during renovations the body was discovered and identified by his dog tags in 1999.
Nobody ever said a word, until the one that threw the punch could no longer live with the guilt and confessed. The version of events, that he took no part in the beating other than the first punch is his story, but at least the family has some closure.
I am not saying it is correct, but there is a lot of peer pressure, and if you cross the line, you cannot expect backup to show up! Bottom line is that often this is a dangerous job!
Nobody ever does anything dirty in front of me because I gained a false reputation as a snitch in the Academy, and it stuck. I used to hate that, but now I think it is a blessing. | |
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| Bully cops?
Posted: 7/7/2007 7:49:44 AM | ^^
I believe that a whole lot of officers today are nothing more than criminals with a badge
good point...
many cops (not all) are bullies and like the physical intimidation aspect; also the aspect of confronting one person with 6 cop buddies, all armed with guns, truncheons, pepper spray & tasers..
If you get off on violence it's a great job, you get to do that legally..
even read the book "Clockwork Orange" or watched the movie?
not too far from reality, the gang members who like to beat people up later become cops.
I have had cops admit to me that growing up they were bad boys, in gangs; they basically made the decison between joining one 'gang' like the Hell's Angels, or the other..the boys in blue..
I recall one cop saying that in a televised interview, adressing bikers etc.:
"my gang is bigger than yours & better armed"..
the dividing line isn't that great; 2 sides of the same coin, only one is socially sanctioned and the other is not.. | |
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| Bully cops?
Posted: 7/7/2007 10:53:38 AM | like the one (bobby cutts) that apparently killed his pregnant girlfriend recently?
also was married with children by his wife, and had yet another woman who he had a kid with? LOL :)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,286560,00.html | |
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| Bully cops?
Posted: 7/7/2007 11:23:54 AM | Sugar*Daddie,
Funny you mentioned the bikers and cops angle. All my adult life I noticed connections between the two.
Senior bikers and police officers...ok in my books, they are calm, cool and collected.
Young bikers and police officers..power trippers with attitude out to prove something.
No, not all but a very high percentage(so I've noticed) fit the description above.
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| Bully cops?
Posted: 7/7/2007 11:26:30 AM | ^^^
2 bulls, father & son on a hilltop looking down at a bunch of cows:
the young bull said to the older one: let's run down the hill & f**k one of those cows!
the older one said: no son let's WALk down & F**K them ALL!
some connection I guess, an exception might be Wayne Kellestine (the 57-year old biker who killed 8 other bikers last sumemr in Southern ON) ? | |
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| Bully cops?
Posted: 7/7/2007 11:51:34 AM | sugar*daddie,
Yes, the Northeast Ohio region has our very own "Scott & Lacie" story, and it is tragic.
We now have the story here of the firefighter that snapped and killed 3 people and wounded two, when he just snapped over fireworks on July 4th.
If you go to any segment of Society, I am sure you can find some bad apples.
I agree that when you take an Oath of Office, one should be held to a higher standard. This goes for anyone that is placed in a position of trust and authority.
Before I became a police officer, I worked in the Hospitality Industry for sixteen years, having got my first job when I was fourteen, part-time after school. My mother raised me to be a Lady, and I had never been in a physical confrontation until I got on this job!
I am glad that I do not have all of that testosterone flowing through my veins.
Last night, I was Detailed to a "Night Out Against Crime" Community Meeting. Believe it or not, but this is also a component of police work. I spent time with a neighborhood watch group, interacted with them, listened to their concerns, and wound up giving them my personal cell phone number if I can be of any further assistance (advising them of my work hours.)
For the record, about seven years ago, my partner and I got in a tussle with a nineteen year-old man whose name I will never forget, in a crime-riddled corner of the Universe. When he broke free from my partner, I held on, and he grabbed me and body-slammed me WWF style so hard that I had a black bruise on my secondary landing point (my right rear upper thight) that lasted from August until February before it finally began to dissipate. The skin tone is very different from the other side, and I am sure that is from the injury.
However, my first landing spot was on my right shoulder. In the air, I naturally, instinctively tucked, so thanks to my parents for all of those dance and acrobatics classes! Had I not tucked, I am positive that my neck would have been snapped, and I would have either died or become a quadriplegic. Though I have chronic pain, I am very lucky!
He had a bunch of crack cocaine in his mouth and did not want to go BACK to jail.
Some folks came over to me as I was getting up, and they asked if I was okay, because "he sure threw you down hard!" (My partner did not think I was going to get back up, and it was pretty scary!) When I got my head unscrambled, I asked for their information, since they saw the event. The man replied, "Ma'am, I hope you understand. We cannot have these drug dealers come and shoot up our home."
I agreed, "You have these little kids here, and I do understand."EPILOGUE: The young man was apprehended, got a court appointed lawyer. He was convicted and a date was set for his sentencing hearing. His lawyer begged him to stay out of trouble for just one month. Before the hearing date, this unlicensed driver in a borrowed car (nineteen and underage to drink) got hammered. He had a one-car MVA in which he crashed his car into a pole, and his legs stayed in the car, while he flew out of the car, so he must've been flying..
I guess you could say that he got a Life Sentence from God, instead of 6 months from the court system.
That was a Reality Check for me. The suspect slammed me to the concrete and ran, and I would be a quadriplegic now had I fallen differently. Do I go out and beat people? C'mon now! I am a Dwarf. But if the situation warranted, I would escalate on the Force Continuum, and based on size and threat shoot if necessary.
One thing people ask often is, "Have you ever shot anybody?"
My response is: "Shooting somebody is not on my Top Ten List of things I hope to accomplish in this lifetime!" | |
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| Why do so many people seem to hate cops?
Posted: 7/7/2007 8:04:01 PM | to: NocturnalPrincess,
In reference to msg. 755; I concur, and I stand corrected. You have very graciously
introduced me to what I knew was hidden beneath your obvious physical beauty,
and that is; a lady to the manner born, with charachter and moral fiber of the highest
degree. You are the kind of person/law enforcement representative that is not often
found in this day and age. After reading msg. 760, I must proudly say that I admire your courage and integrity. May your upward mobility in your chosen profession
be forever unlimited!
I once knew another person whose charachter, courage and integrity paralleled yours,
u until at age 29 he was shot to death by an escaped convict. After being hit in the
chest at point-blank range he managed to sit up, draw his service revolver and put 2
rounds into this scared fugitive who didnt want to go back to prison.
As you have surmised by now the man who died was a cop, he was also my cousin.
I salute you, Princess!
God be with you always.
Peace everybody!
Bob
aka Shomesomethin
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| Why do so many people seem to hate cops?
Posted: 7/8/2007 9:12:46 AM | Shomesomethin,
I always prefer to exchange the Olive Branch whenever possible, because I truly do not like conflict.
Last night at work, there was snail mail waiting for me. A young man, a college sudent majoring in Pharmacy who is attending college through the summers to get ahead, was the victim of a crime. He got a blank thank you card and wrote the most lovely message inside. That is the second personal thank you card I have received in the past six months, and in eleven years on this job I have never had a complaint against me.
Regarding upward mobility, right now I would not consider it. The promotions process involves taking a promotional exam and there is one coming up this fall. The increase in pay would be nice, but money isn't everything.
Formerly, I did not want to become a sergeant because I did not feel I knew the job well enough. It wasn't until I got on my own one-person car a few years ago, that I really began to learn the job because I largely had to teach myself. It generally takes about five years of hands-on.
I was chained to a desk for about half of my career because I am good with the paperwork and nobody wanted to work with me. Now I feel like I know what I am doing, but I am not shy about asking someone with more street experience than me questions.
Right now, I have no interest in becoming a sergeant. I pretty much like my current assignment, and if it ain't broke, don't fix it. A lot of qualified people never take the promotional because they have found a niche that they like. That is my position right now.
I am so sorry about your cousin! He died a Hero!. | |
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| Bobby Cutts (Ohio double murderer) hired as a cop with history of crime?
Posted: 7/8/2007 10:31:03 AM | re: the Ohio cop who killed his pregnant girlfriend (in front of their 2-year old child)..
one story I read mentioned that the cop (Bobby Cutts) had a histroy of violence..
(in the court system) ..wondering how and why he was hired as a cop??
In 1998, Cutts was accused of breaking into Giavasis' home while she was inside with former NBA player Shawn Kemp of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Cutts pleaded no contest to a disorderly conduct charge and was sentenced to three years' probation.
Cutts married his wife, Kelly, in July 2001, two months after Breonna was born. They separated in 2003 while Cutts faced criminal charges after his police supervisors alleged he had given his gun to a drug-dealing cousin. Cutts was acquitted and an arbitrator ordered Canton to rehire him with back pay.
During the separation, he and Jessie Davis conceived Blake, born in December 2004. On Monday, Porter was granted temporary custody of the boy in Stark County Family Court.
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| People can be frustrating, too.
Posted: 7/8/2007 11:17:54 AM | I say that I am lucky, because in the niche I have found I do interact with at least as many positive people as negative.
Last night, here is a Cliff's Notes of my Tour of Duty:
I was asked to assist in the office with phones and reports, as they had several call-offs. I fielded a phone call from a man seeking "retribution." He said that his fourteen year-old daughter had been babysitting for a woman and her boyfriend smashed the girl's $200 cell phone. He wanted to know if it was okay for him to go over and smash out that man's car windows!
I was able to convince him that he would only create problems for himself and that was not the proper course of action. He said, seriously, "I have been in trouble with the law a couple times before, and so that is why I wanted to check first." I kid you not!
I assisted in connection with some neighbor trouble in the adjacent area of which I live. There was one car there with a rookie, but I showed up in case they needed some help. There must have been fifteen or twenty people all over the place. I wound up with a male, detained, not handcuffed, in the back seat of my car. A grown woman who had conflict with the man in my car said to me, "Can you make him refrain from making faces at me?" I told her not to look at him and then she would not see the faces. These are all adults!
I had a call for a car versus a motorcycle, and this man walked away with only a scrape to his hand, though he was not wearing a helmet. A witness apparently had observed the accident, and while this man was pinned under his bike, this woman apparently came over and began yelling at the man for causing an accident rather than caring anything about his welfare. She was not on scene when I arrived.
When I asked what had happened, that was the first thing the MC man said to me. I wanted to know about the accident itself, in the middle of a busy, precarious intersection. I responded, "Sir, that is irrelevant to the accident; tell me about the accident!"
He yelled at me and said the only reason that the witness said that he was at fault was because the other driver was Black like her and he was White.
I agree that while someone just got hit by a car and are pinned underneath an 1100 lb. motorcycle is the wrong time to be yelling at them about their driving, Just like they give a person a physical to make sure they are healthy enough to handle a lethal injection, you should make sure they are okay before you yell at them.
I know this man was upset because his beloved bike got damaged, and under stress because he could have just died. However, I told him that I am so sick of people pulling the race card. I told him that I get tired when Black people do it, and I do not accept it from White people either. "This isn't about Black and White, it is about that you were involved in an accident."
Last night, I cleared the intersection as quickly as I could, and tonight, I will call both parties and exchange their information via 3rd party. The had plenty of time to do that themselves, but people in crisis are usually not thinking clearly.
After my lunch break, I remained and completed the accident report. (Just because the car is parked in front of a restaurant for an hour and a half, do not assume we are loafing, because there is a lot of paperwork. The restaurant is in my neighborhood, walking distance from my home. I was going home to use the bathroom before returning to the District (why not use your own instead of a public facility when it is just as convenient?)
They broadcast a male threatening, Priority 2, and all cars were tied up, and this is a 2-person assignment. However, I was right there and this is in my neighborhood that I know well because I walk my dog in the area at all hours, so I am comfortable with the generalities of this area. Oridinarily, I would never respond to such a call by myself, but I figured the worst that could happen would be I would get into a shooting, and there were no weapons involved in this incident, either. Still, it was not the best choice, but this is my neighborhood!
There are a lot of homosexuals in this area.
When I arrived, about a minute after the broadcast (these men had been calling the police back and forth all night long), I was met by two men, with my hand on my gun in the holster.
It took me until this morning to figure out who the one wacky man reminded me of: You know in the movie "Ghost" the ghost guy trapped on the subway? This was HIM! And he was equally high strung.
He had been taken advantage of by a very handsome, unemployed Boy Toy, who lived off him for three weeks and he gave him a bunch of money. This was a Lover's Quarrel over a breakup, after Subway Guy learned that Boy Toy was planning on moving out and moving on.
I had Boy Toy give Subway Guy his keys, Boy Toy left with all of the property he could fit in his car. Subway Guy was advised not to damage any of Boy Toy's property, and Boy Toy was advised to collect the rest of his property with the assistance of the police, to keep the peace.
Boy Toy drove off, and I cleared the scene. As I was giving my disposition to our dispatcher, Subway Guy was calling back because he wanted a car to return. Subway Guy admitted to throwing a glass at Boy Toy because he was angry. Getting dumped, and used, is never fun. Boy Toy had earlier made a Telecommunications Harassment report against Subway Guy, and there were at least six calls made to the police for this nonsense last evening.
Cops usually have some great stories, because many of the things we get to experience and the role players involved could not be made up.
Also, as I said before, one has to assume a different demeanor depending upon the circumstances involved. I had to take control of the latter situation, so I admit, I asked each party, "What's your malfunction?!" with my hand on my gun.
There is a thread somewhere on POF asking why women do stupid things during break-ups, and I think I would modify that title to why do people act like little children during break-ups. Cops that handle dispatched assignments have just spent hours handling people in crisis that are acting like children and/or Idiots. Just as you might project your crisis onto them, they may be projecting their frustration and futility to you.
Two days ago, a woman came into the police station to make a report. Her ex-boyfriend that she had been with for a month did some damage to her property or something, while her daughter was present, which was supposed to be an exclamation point. I asked if she knew where he lived, and she did not. I asked her what his name was, and she only knew his first name. I incredulously looked at this woman and asked, "You dated this guy for a month and you do not even know what his name is?"
She said, "What was I supposed to do, ask him his whole name on our first date? I am not good with last names anyway!"
I replied that if she wanted to prosecute, she would need to make him a named suspect, and need to know where to find him. "You need to know his name if you want to prosecute him for a misdemeanor." She and her girlfriend stormed out of the police station saying, "See, I tole ya! What good are the police anyway! I tole ya they wadn't gonna do nothin nohow!"
All I did was say I needed to know his name in order to make a report that would be of any use to her!
Of course I work in the inner city and not the suburbs. | |
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| Bobby Cutts (Ohio double murderer) hired as a cop with history of crime?
Posted: 7/8/2007 11:22:07 AM | sugar*daddy,
I am by no means exonerating Cutts, but if Jesse Davis knew he was married, why was she pregnant by him a second time? Of course, if it hadn't been her it would have been another.
It wasn't because he was a cop that he did this!
Also, there is no worse place for a cop than locked up in prison, so he has a more severe punishment if convicted than most people could imagine. I have no sympathy for him. | |
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| Bobby Cutts (Ohio double murderer) hired as a cop with history of crime?
Posted: 7/8/2007 11:33:39 AM |
I am by no means exonerating Cutts, but if Jesse Davis knew he was married, why was she pregnant by him a second time? Of
LOL, the dreaded "but" , which usually means you are denying what you just said right in front of that..
I can't see at all equating or even mentioning in the same breath, the 'crime' of having a sex with a married man to that of murdering a woman pregnant with your child..
IN FRONT OF YOUR OTHER CHILD!! (2 years old).
maybe it was because they already had a kid from before he was married, I don't know?
If having sex with a married person is a crime you better go on permanent overtime arresting thousands!
and anyway, HE was married and he had sex with her..at least as eqaully 'guilty' of that?
I know it wasn't 'because' he was a cop..but he sounds like a nutcase; a little scary giving a guy like that a gun & police powers..
but also, he pleaded 'no contest' to B & E and was given 3 years probation BEFORE he was ever hired as a cop ?
maybe I am naive, I thought that might have prevented him from being hired as a cop?
they don't have a 'no contest' or 'nolo contendere' plea in Canada, jsut not guily or guilty, maybe I don't understand?
is that like a discharge or 'conditional discharge'? (no criminal record after sentence fulfilled?) | |
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| Bobby Cutts (Ohio double murderer) hired as a cop with history of crime?
Posted: 7/8/2007 11:36:31 AM | met a few jerky cops in my lifetime but also some really decent fair and good ones too...cant complain cuz i sure have been given breaks when they just as easily could have been a jerk---
(one of many EXAMPLEs OF JERK ENCOUNTER when cop could have been cool: onetime i was driving home from work, very tired, 30 minute commute, on a saturday night (very late/3 am) after having dealt 8 hours on my feet w/drunks all night long (worked in gift shop on 6th street in austin--tons of bars and DRUNK people!!!) and not speeding much-- not really any traffic to speak of--- and yet i get stopped and after trying to talk my way out he still gives me ticket---and i ask him why arent you out trying to catch REAL criminals or DRUNK drivers instead of me who just wants to get home and is not driving recklessly--- yet no warning--- a TICKET...grrrr)
but like i said---have sure had my lucky breaks too.so it more than balances out here.
but also i have had some really jerky ones that could have given me a break for something minor and didnt--- however, i can count my lucky stars that it was the cool ones i came across that could have popped me for much worse than the jerk ones did...so i aint complainin' none (or much, hahaha  ) here, and i am glad they around thats for sure.but always seem to be there when you dont need them-- lol, and never there when you really need 'em...wtf is up w/that???!!!
most respected and personal hero of mine is the REAL FRANK SERPICO---need more like him around!!! i know there are the bad ones that tend to give all the good ones a bad name and that sucks,,,some have real power/control issues, thats for sure...but are necessary evil, lol...
one thing i despise is having to address them "in/with all due respect sir" (they are NOT my superiors!!!) just so you dont get arrested for mouthing off or something which happened to my brother once so after that i was amazed that they could (or this one in particular) just abuse their power like that---what a jerk, my brother was just questioning him about why he was stopping his friend who was driving--- anyway, i am on guard now after that happened with him, you never know...
also one thing i quit doing is thanking the sons of a guns after receiving a ticket...WTF was i thinking???!!! okay thankyou sir! good grief, what an idiot was i...lololol
after kicking myself several times for having done that i wised up. | |
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| Bobby Cutts (Ohio double murderer) hired as a cop with history of crime?
Posted: 7/8/2007 11:48:09 AM | S*D,
I am not exonerating Cutts, and believe that he should have been more carefully screened. I also subscribe to personal accountabilty, and while she did not deserve to be killed, she should not have been involved with this man.
To kill a mother in front of your child is monstrous! To kill another is monstrous anyway if for anything else than self defense.
Cutts clearly slipped through the cracks, but I would like to think he is the exception and not the rule. Look at any job and see the nutcases they hire. But there is a difference when you train someone to use a gun.
Yes, I said "but" but I think I am generally pretty reasonable, open-minded, and fair, and I think Canadians such as yourself are excessively finger-pointing and too Liberal. Still, I do not agree with a lot you have to say!
There is a politician here that wants to seal Felony records, no matter how many, to aid them after rehabiliation for the umpteenth time in our prison system , in finding work. Currently, the first felony is expungeable. I completely disagree with this proposed bill, because the recidivism rate is outrageous!
Cutts should have been punished more severely and monitored more closely. However, we as women need to take some accountability, too, and not get involved with and pregnant by married men! She certainly did not deserve to be murdered though, and he is a nutcase!
JMHO... | |
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| Why do so many people seem to hate cops?
Posted: 7/8/2007 11:50:53 AM | | What I've noticed is that people who hate cops also hate teachers and come from very tough backgrounds (alcoholism/drug abuse/assaults in family environment). The reoccuring theme is that these professionals never asked them what was wrong in their lives, ever, when they did something wrong. Instead they insulted, were sarcastic and penalised. By taking the time to understand their lives and daily challenges, cops and teachers could establish rapport, invest in prevention and offer assistance...but they rarely do. Any form of hypocrisy/BS from cops and teachers is spotted miles away by these folks; their life experiences have made them experts. | |
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| Why do so many people seem to hate cops?
Posted: 7/8/2007 11:57:12 AM | could be case withsome people, integritas--- but not all i am sure...just like not all cops are bad lololol thats quite a generalization/major assumption!!! hahahahaha   | |
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| Why do so many people seem to hate cops?
Posted: 7/8/2007 2:41:45 PM | | muneca~brava: Granted, perhaps it was an over simplification but since I work with offenders day in and day out and have made a true effort to listen to them and their life stories and circomstances in a bid to jump start rehabilitation, this is what I have observed to date... Not all cops are bad, of course!!!, but the question was "Why do so many people seem to hate cops?" I answered from where I stand, from what I deal with every day. You, from where you stand. | |
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| Why do so many people seem to hate cops?
Posted: 7/8/2007 2:49:06 PM | probation officer perhaps?
i really dont understand people that want to go into that type of field/career--- its like controlling/babysitting adults and i gotta wonder about their mindset as well (control/power freaks, really there to help?)...weird breed but NECESSARY and glad them kind are around i suppose...lawless society is no good but like i said its just a weird breed of folks IMO...nothing bad just different mindset from me...i wouldnt want that kind of job, ever. | |
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| Bobby Cutts (Ohio double murderer) hired as a cop with history of crime?
Posted: 7/8/2007 2:54:11 PM | Mr. "S.D.": Mr. Cutts was fired when he commited his first offense by his chief of police. But he was later reinstated with back pay (believe that or not). The man never should have been a police officer to begin with. He proved that with commiting his first offense, later he commited another crime, and again he should have been fired. Unfortunately, police departments in the U.S. have quotas to fill when hiring. They must hire so many of this race, so many of that race and so forth. So when police departments hire people, they don't always get to hire decent/qualified people, that would make good police officers. So they are left hiring people who never should carry a gun and wear a badge, only because they have to fill the race quota. I wanted to say this a long time ago, but was restricted in doing so. I wanted to say that Mr. Cutts had no business in being a police officer a long time ago, but was again restricted from that also.
Ms. Davis did not deserve to die at the hands of Mr. Cutts or anyone else. She did not exercise good judgement when choosing a life partner. She failed her child and herself, and it cost her her life for doing so. | |
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| Good Cops & Bad Cops
Posted: 7/8/2007 4:33:43 PM | | "NocturnalPrincess": I can honestly say, that there were far toooo many times where I also "snapped" at my dispatchers. They worked at the Summit County Sheriffs office, and did our dispatching back then for our department. I always later apologized to them (sometimes on the radio), mostly on the telephone. They take soooo much abuse, and they don't deserve it from anyone. As you know N.P., sometimes you just finish up say, 10 calls, and you think you're about to get a break (so you can relieve your bladder), and they call you again. And sometimes its for something you know is for someone who takes nothing but pleasure in tying up police officers for some civial matter, that police don't handle. And you know that other cars are available, and they could assign the call to them, but they (dispatchers) think you can handle it better then a new officer. Sometimes the job just loads up on a person, and drags one down. And the only person a police officer can "unload" on, is their best friend, the dispatcher. I used to go to see them sometimes, bring them some pizza, chicken, whatever. They were soooo nice, and they always told me they understood why I was reacting the way I was. They always gave me the found or lost dogs/cats calls too. They understood what an animal lover I am. I miss them telling me to watch out for this guy or that, or some situation that happened last time officers were at a certain place and so forth. They are top notch professionals. They above anyone else know what a hellish job being a police officer can be. | |
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| Good Cops & Bad Cops
Posted: 7/8/2007 6:10:47 PM | Good dispatchers are priceless! When I snarled at this woman who I would recognize by voice on the street, but not by face, I acknowledged over the air a feeble apology. Some cops are buttheads to the dispatchers on a regular basis!
I phoned our dispatcher afterwards to apologize. She was okay with the incident, but I told her that I wanted to personally apologize to her. We are not supposed to landline the dispatchers, but sometimes you just have to do what seems the right thing.
Ironically, I have gotten a favorable response for my pink handcuffs on the "outside" and it makes people smile. Even on my breaks, people qpproach me with questions and I have a couple of people that call me on my cell phone. The System is a little bit easier to navigate from the inside, and I really do try to help people.
I am one of the few cops that regularly dines at public places. because they are all afraid that you will spit in your food or otherwise are that cheapMost of the time, I am approached with questions, and I only hate when I have to disrupt my lunch break to make an arrest.
Before I was old enough to get a work permit, I taught Safety Town, and we got a pool party and a slice of pizza at the end of the year.
I just try to do the best that I can, to siphon out some of the BS for our overoaded Detectives,and that is all that I can do, really. If any of the detectives see my name, they probably get a cup of coffee first, because I am know for my long narratives. Yet, for five minutes of reading, it saves them twol hours of follow-up. This amounts to a double-edged sword. I also help the Dog Warden, and we have a good rapport.
Animals and babies have no voice, so I have taken upon myself to be their voice!
Nobody likes getting a ticket! I cannot speak for everyone else, but if you are doing everything else correctly, then I am not writing you a ticket.
On that note, if a vehicle is coming lights & sirens, please pull over to the right and stop until they pass! | |
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| Good Cops & Bad Cops
Posted: 7/8/2007 10:08:27 PM | Nocturnal Princess, my hat's off to you and the rest of Cleveland PD. You are appreciated. And to all the safety and emergency workers elsewhere too. (Just wish you would chase off the group of punks that hang out up at the corner.)
People just have to remember that cops are just people too. And have some of the most stressful jobs. You're gonna have your good and your bad and they're gonna have their good and bad days. When you're ready to step up and take on the job, then you have the right to complain about it.
My 6 y/o has been insisting that he wants to be a policeman when he grows up. That thought scares the sh*t out of me. Hope he grows out of that. | |
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