ou812 wrote:ou812, don't take this as a personal attack or anything, I just needed to vent, as did you. If we ever meet, I will prove to you that all cops are not assholes, I'll even bring the beer.
I don't take what you say as a attack of any kind, it is truely your right to express your opinion.
matter of fact I personally know of a few with a very high moral standard.
So saying that does that make me a cop hater or a person that does not like scum bag cops?
Saying that makes you a human being, just like the rest of us, possibly brit too. "Cop Hater" is a strong term flung much to frequently. Nobody likes being told what to do, and unfortunately, Cops are expected to do that all to often. In turn, many people do not like "cops" but may be friends with law enforcement officers outside of their profession.
In a perfect world we would not need cops at all. Everyone would get a long, not fight, not drive dangerously, not steal. Unfortunately we don't live there, and cops are needed to remind people once in a while that what they are doing is wrong.
I probably have a different view on things than most cops. I don't give a shit what you do as long as it doesn't affect anyone else. If you want to get stoned, wasted, drugged out of your mind, in your own home, go for it. If you steal to get your drugs, or expose young children to it, or drive in that condition, then I have issue with it and will react accordingly.
If I catch you doing 100MPH in the middle of nowhere, at 3:00AM just because you can, you probably won't get a ticket. You would probably get your ass chewed, which pisses most people off. The only reason I would bitch at all is because someone else might be effected by your actions. I could care less if you wrap you car around a tree, your choice not mine. I never write speeding tickets. It is not laziness, or lack job motivation. I know how much insurance costs. I know how expensive tickets are.
If I stop a juvenile doing something stupid in a car, often times I bitch them out, and tell them to go home and tell their parents to call me. I have better luck doing this than writing a ticket "almost" everytime. Once in awhile, some inbred couple will spawn, and be mad as hell because I swore at their precious little Billy Jr, when I caught him doing 90mph in his 1978 chevy truck, but for the most part it works.
Long story short, there are assholes everywhere. I don't really see a larger percentage in law enforcement over any other profession. Maybe a few more with chips on their shoulders, but not an over abundance. And trust me, other cops know which cops have a chip on their shoulder, and treat them accordingly. I have reminded many a rookie that we live in the United States of America. Don't harass the average working person over a speeding ticket. No you cannot search their car because you want to. Would you want to have your car searched for speeding? Constitutional law should be focused on much more at the academy than it is.
Damn I hate typing. Maybe thats why I don't write tickets.
