Cops: they're not all bad.

I'm not sure how they are over in other countries but my beef lies with the ones here who really abuse their power instead of helping people. I agree, there are some fantastic police, some true heroes its just some very arrogant and ignorant ones that ruin their reputation.
Not long back, one stopped my mothers car because her automatic headlights had not come on yet. In all fairness, dusk had only just started and it wasn't dark yet but fair enough he did it for safety reasons. Now he knew that my mothers model of car did put its lights on automatically and when she went to tell him that, he dismissed her saying "yes, yes, yes, I know that!". Very rudely.

Then he insisted on checking her car out and by this time, my little girl had had a big day. She starts crying and throwing a bit of a tanty and he comes over and shines his freaking torch straight into her face. Understandably, my little one gets even more upset so my Mum says "I don't mean to be rude but if I haven't done anything wrong can I please go because my little granddaughter is really upset" to which he says " I can keep you here all night if I have to" and starts to check all of her wheels???
He kept us there for about 20 minutes in total which was ridiculous. I understand him stopping us but why the attitude?

brianlux wrote:

Loulou wrote:

I'm not sure how they are over in other countries but my beef lies with the ones here who really abuse their power instead of helping people. I agree, there are some fantastic police, some true heroes its just some very arrogant and ignorant ones that ruin their reputation.
Not long back, one stopped my mothers car because her automatic headlights had not come on yet. In all fairness, dusk had only just started and it wasn't dark yet but fair enough he did it for safety reasons. Now he knew that my mothers model of car did put its lights on automatically and when she went to tell him that, he dismissed her saying "yes, yes, yes, I know that!". Very rudely.

Then he insisted on checking her car out and by this time, my little girl had had a big day. She starts crying and throwing a bit of a tanty and he comes over and shines his freaking torch straight into her face. Understandably, my little one gets even more upset so my Mum says "I don't mean to be rude but if I haven't done anything wrong can I please go because my little granddaughter is really upset" to which he says " I can keep you here all night if I have to" and starts to check all of her wheels???
He kept us there for about 20 minutes in total which was ridiculous. I understand him stopping us but why the attitude?

I understand where your coming from, Loulou. I've had my my bad run in's as well. Many years ago in the "good old '70's") , I had a cop stop me and my girl friend for a half an hour because I had long hair, big wheels on my Malibu and was drinking a soda which he thought "looked like beer". It was total harassment and very vexing.

However, the point of the thread is to give a little balance to the slew of cop bashing threads with the idea that there are also very good cops doing brave work under dangerous conditions. I'm not giving the bad cops ANY slack, just acknowledging and encouraging the good ones.

I'm sorry to hear about what happened with you and your daughter and you Mom. That totally sucks and I can see where you would be pissed off about that incident! I surely hope you have some good cops to balance out the bad!

I'm sorry that happened to you too Brian, that sucks. Your right though, I have come across some very cool police officers and your dead right. It's not black and white, there are some very good ones too.

I've worked with many of them (and the fine folks in our correctional industry) and when they feel like you are part of the club, they tell you things they wouldn't mention to others. Those confessions have been disturbing and I am more and more convinced the only difference between most of them and the guys in jail is which side of the bars they happen to be standing.

You're right, they're not all bad....but there sure is a culture in police forces where they seem to think they are above the law.

This is really an eye opener.


"THE Rialto study began in February 2012 and will run until this July. The results from the first 12 months are striking. Even with only half of the 54 uniformed patrol officers wearing cameras at any given time, the department over all had an 88 percent decline in the number of complaints filed against officers, compared with the 12 months before the study, to 3 from 24."

"Rialto’s police officers also used force nearly 60 percent less often — in 25 instances, compared with 61. When force was used, it was twice as likely to have been applied by the officers who weren’t wearing cameras during that shift, the study found. And, lest skeptics think that the officers with cameras are selective about which encounters they record, Mr. Farrar noted that those officers who apply force while wearing a camera have always captured the incident on video."

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/busin ... =all&_r=1&

hedonist wrote:

So, where I live/work in West Hollywood, there are a number of homeless people with various degrees of mental illness. One fellow used to repeatedly hang out in the alley behind our building - screaming, exposing himself, and then some.

He showed up this morning after an absence of several months. On his back, pleasuring himself (and yelling). I called the sheriffs because much as I feel for this guy, it's a business here.

So two sheriffs show up, we talk, they get their batons in hand and approach him - but with...hmmm...I guess "gentleness" would be the appropriate word.

They ask him if he's OK, does he want some cold water? Dude says no, cops give him a thumbs up, he grabs his blanket, walks away. No more screaming, no more exposed dick.

All's OK.

These guys fucking rock.

:shock:

In all fairness, I think most men are aware of the never touch another man while he is naked or masturbating unwritten law.

That is a crazy story though. Makes the "Florida" thread look tame. :P

hedonist wrote:

JonnyPistachio wrote:

:shock:

In all fairness, I think most men are aware of the never touch another man while he is naked or masturbating unwritten law.

That is a crazy story though. Makes the "Florida" thread look tame. :P

Nope! Last time they HAD to touch him, since he would not stop doing so to himself :oops:

I have to give them kudos. Not sure I could be so cool when "faced" with such activity.

We could definitely rival Florida - not sure if that's good or bad though

crazy. I guess they cant just let him finish. :wtf: Although, he'd be even easier to subdue at that point.

Sticky situation. I'd turn in my badge.