Why we have low opinions of Police?

Started by The Stranger, January 30, 2013, 05:02:04 AM

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The Stranger

My point don't law enforcement have anything else to do? Come on murderers, rapist, drugs and they spend their time on crap like this.
Does this not prove that some are wusses, they spend countless hours on stuff like this while there is serious crime going on?
Come on who hasn't been stopped and been given a ticket by an officer who has been hiding behind a building and knows darned well you had your seat belt on but gave you a ticket anyway?


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In the first case, when it comes to robbery, etc., I think it's a good idea to scare the crap out of kids when they're young. It might prevent them from escalating.

The second two had nothing to do with cops, but leftists in our schools.

Things like this, on the other hand, in which cops are turned into revenue collectors, pisses everyone off, including the cops on the beat. Going after dangerous criminals should be priority #1, not writing tickets. :mad:

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/11285330/

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One would think at some point, the commander on watch would tell these people they will be arrested for nuisance calls.
I know my county wouldn't stand for this abuse of the system, but then, Sheriff are elected, Police chiefs are political appointees.
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mdgiles

What irritates me? The police station in Sandy Hook was supposedly two miles from the school, yet it took them 20 minutes to get officers there. So what exactly were they doing, that was so pressing, it took them that long - writing parking tickets?
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Quote from: mdgiles on January 30, 2013, 08:19:58 AM
What irritates me? The police station in Sandy Hook was supposedly two miles from the school, yet it took them 20 minutes to get officers there. So what exactly were they doing, that was so pressing, it took them that long - writing parking tickets?

Police don't typically sit around the station waiting for a call. Particularly in a tiny town like that. They probably had two or three cops on duty, and they were not anywhere near the station.

Bowhntr

Just further proof that, "in a matter of seconds the cops are only minutes away"

mdgiles

Quote from: kramarat on January 30, 2013, 08:27:49 AM
Police don't typically sit around the station waiting for a call. Particularly in a tiny town like that. They probably had two or three cops on duty, and they were not anywhere near the station.
The town was that small, yet it took the police that ling to get there? Newton is all of 59 square miles. What is that - about 7 miles by 8 miles? Even if they were all the way at the other end of town, they were still only 8 miles away. That's about 24mph.
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Quote from: mdgiles on January 30, 2013, 09:32:35 AM
The town was that small, yet it took the police that ling to get there? Newton is all of 59 square miles. What is that - about 7 miles by 8 miles? Even if they were all the way at the other end of town, they were still only 8 miles away. That's about 24mph.
Not necessarily...7 miles by 8 miles would be geographic straight line miles...not road miles.  In addition did the Newtown PD have an ETJ that they also had to patrol.  Finally, if the officers were already engaged in another call that call had to be completed prior to responding to the school.

kramarat

Quote from: mdgiles on January 30, 2013, 09:32:35 AM
The town was that small, yet it took the police that ling to get there? Newton is all of 59 square miles. What is that - about 7 miles by 8 miles? Even if they were all the way at the other end of town, they were still only 8 miles away. That's about 24mph.

I was raised in a small town north of there. Mostly skinny, windy country roads. Not to mention, the police are in no way prepared for a mass shooting. Think Mayberry.

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Wearing a badge for 25 + years I understand that cops ae never gonna be our favorite people. But you have to udnerstand that there is so much on the Police Dept that polarizes the cops themselves into several factions.

Faction 1 is the guy who LOVES to put bad guys away, going after the worst criminals they can find and hunting them down is what they live for. Actually, they are a minority, they tend to rub the top brass the wrong way and tend to band together to give upper management fits
they look with contempt on Factions #2 and three as follows.

Faction 2 is the guys who sort of go out there wearing a shiny uniform and write tickets and enforce petty stuff all day long on normal citizens and property owners, garbage codes and stuff like that that just irritates people. They answer calls and are diligent but they don't really go out of their way to go after the real crooks and dislike making arrests unless forced into it....then they try to pawn it off on Faction#1

Faction#3 is ladder climbers and do nothings. These are the ones who serve a minimum time on the street, perform like Faction#2 except they avoid doing serious police work at all costs. IE DON:T MAKE WAVES, Their main goal is to get off the street into "the back office" and admin and get promoted.

Unfortunately these are the ones who usually get promoted and get APPOINTED by some weenie city council committee above the rank of Captain on most police depts ....and the band plays on.
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