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Seasoned Vet
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Last Login: 12/27/2008 9:05 AM
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Anytime a Law Enforcement Officer has contact with the public he/she needs to be aware that he/she is being scrutinized by not only that person but anyone in hearing/seeing. Therefore it is important to set a good example as we ARE held to a different and higher level of accountability than Joe citizen. Some officers disagree, some officers get bent out of shape when this is pointed out, but the bottom line is as an officer we can take people's liberty, deprive them of their children, property and even their life in the line of duty, so yes we should be held to higher level of conduct. Now I know some officers who have either no personalities or poor personality's but are good officers none the less. But I say this guy was inappropriate with his comments and if you talk to the Sergeant then maybe someone will educate the Officer about courtesy. Some officers tell me that they are not there to be "Officer Friendly" everyone's buddy but to enforce the law and catch bad guys. My reply is "Go find another job!" Officer's who are rude by nature and have a bad demeanor only make the job harder for those of us who try to treat the public with respect and professionalism. There are times to be stern and maybe even times to be angry like dealing with "thugs", but the citizen deserves our respect, especially if we hope to get respect in return. As for the Agency there having some problems, maybe getting involved with a citizens review or citizen police academy as we have would help. Do not settle for being treated like crap, I wouldn't. But a word of advice...don't tell a cop you pay "his" salary, heck Police pay taxes too and if they're like me they might take off their clip on tie throw it at you and say "well my salary sucks, if you want to deal with thugs and arrogant drunks for 25K a year you can have my job!":whistling
Stand in the door!
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Trooper
 
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Last Login: 9/25/2008 7:46 PM
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Outstanding comments from my LEO brothers. Was thinking I was going to get pig piled LOL
All in all, I think you could do some good just having a simple chat with the stripes....it could go a long way, and notleave paper in the officers jacket. Good luck!
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Keep the Peace and Be of Good Behavior
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Last Login: 9/8/2008 3:06 PM
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The only cop that night that deserves paper in his jacket is the officer that showed up 5 minutes later. He was about my age, and was great. The guy was freindly, helpful, and even gave a business card to a freind of the guy to let him know how it all turned out. IMO, the guy went way above any expectation that I had of concern for the situation. He deserves GOOD paper in his jacket. So I guess you could add that to the list of good experiences.
Like I said, I don't think the other guy should get anything official. However, I did call my brother today to ask him about the Sgt. he knows and after years of working 3rd shift he moved to 2nd just a month or two ago. So I don't know if that is still viable. Also, I'm not as pissed as I was, its actually become a joke. Signing off on the phone tonite with Jeff I told him to...
GO SCREW! 
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FOG Paratrooper
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There was a similar situation with the City Police Dept. in a small town where my Daughter lived, what may be called the LAPD syndrom, but on a much milder and smaller scale. One man put an article in the Local newspaper urging citizens who had concerns regarding the actions of some Police Officers, to contact their Alderman, and attend the next City Coucil meeting. The Mayor had the Police Chief attend the meeting and the concerns were heard. Things improved real fast after that. RJ 
RJ - SCOUTS OUT! 
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