10 Reasons why cops are different.

[Black Jack II]

Thought this was interesting. Makes a lot of sense when viewed in a simple pattern.

http://www.heavybadge.com/10reason.htm

[MasterKiller]

waaaah.

It's a voluntary job.

[WinterPalm]

I'm pretty sure this has been posted before.
And MK is right.
Why not: 10 Reasons Waitresses are Different?
Or Pilots?
Or dentists.
Or Underpaid McDonald's/Wal-Mart slaves?

[sanjuro_ronin]

I'm pretty sure this has been posted before.
And MK is right.
Why not: 10 Reasons Waitresses are Different?
Or Pilots?
Or dentists.
Or Underpaid McDonald's/Wal-Mart slaves?

LOL !
If you have to ask...

[Shaolinlueb]

I'm pretty sure this has been posted before.
And MK is right.
Why not: 10 Reasons Waitresses are Different?
Or Pilots?
Or dentists.
Or Underpaid McDonald's/Wal-Mart slaves?

you missed the whole f*cking point if you have to ask.

[1bad65]

One of the guys I train with is a rookie cop. He's a real nice, cool guy. But I do worry he will get jaded over time as that is common. That one point about being treated different off work is especially true. When he is at other guy's houses for fight nights, people have made comments about not drinking and the guys who smoke don't do it when he is around.

[Mr Punch]

Why not: 10 Reasons Waitresses are Different?Wait! Waitresses are different? I'm waiting for Sanjuro's photographic evidence on this one.

Of the two guys I went to school with who became cops, one of them was always a lying cheating thieving arsehole, and the other was a cool, good guy. As far as I know, they haven't changed, but the good guy is now promoted up to detective. The tosser is probably tossing hoes for tosses.

[WinterPalm]

you missed the whole f*cking point if you have to ask.

What's the point then?

[sanjuro_ronin]

Wait! Waitresses are different? I'm waiting for Sanjuro's photographic evidence on this one.

Ask and ye shall receive...

[Shaolinlueb]

What's the point then?


i dont expect canadians to understand america. i mean how hard doe the mounted police work? :rolleyes: nice little red jackets.

[sanjuro_ronin]

i dont expect canadians to understand america. i mean how hard doe the mounted police work? :rolleyes: nice little red jackets.

Hey the tazer people better and faster than any other police force !

By the way, the RCMP is more FBI than "police officers".

[WinterPalm]

i dont expect canadians to understand america. i mean how hard doe the mounted police work? :rolleyes: nice little red jackets.

Those jackets are formal wear as far as I know.
I imagine they work just as hard as any country inundated with illegal guns manufactured in America.:rolleyes:

And the police I've known and know, they work very, very hard. But so do the professors I know.

Sanjuro, I'm thinking something Asian but with red hair...:D

[BoulderDawg]

To me this read like:

Ten excuses why cops:

are racist
are violent
beat their wives or children
feel the need to carry a gun everywhere...even in church

I remember in college delivering pizza I worked delivering pizza. There was this guy I worked with who wanted to be a cop. When you asked him why he would say,

"because I love beating up Ns"

[sanjuro_ronin]

Those jackets are formal wear as far as I know.
I imagine they work just as hard as any country inundated with illegal guns manufactured in America.:rolleyes:

And the police I've known and know, they work very, very hard. But so do the professors I know.

Sanjuro, I'm thinking something Asian but with red hair...:D

Picky people....

[Becca]

To me this read like:

Ten excuses why cops:

are racist
are violent
beat their wives or children
feel the need to carry a gun everywhere...even in church

I remember in college delivering pizza I worked delivering pizza. There was this guy I worked with who wanted to be a cop. When you asked him why he would say,

"because I love beating up Ns"
Now that would be a relivant story if the poser actually became a cop. Most cops I know are percieved as being racist, violent, abusive, ect by small minded people who can't be bothered to look at something from someone else's point of veiw. Everyone has thier biases. You just played into my bigest one - people from Boulder don't live in the real world but prefer to creat something out of thin air and pot smoke.

[AJM]

Two really dumb arse ideas came out of the 1800's. Communism and police.

[sanjuro_ronin]

Two really dumb arse ideas came out of the 1800's. Communism and police.

Freedom of speech too.
:D

[TenTigers]

Picky people....

MRS. KELLERMAN(s) IS THAT YOU???!!
(hmmm, I gues I'll have to convert to Mormon...)
wtf-no pic!

[sanjuro_ronin]

MRS. KELLERMAN(s) IS THAT YOU???!!
(hmmm, I gues I'll have to convert to Mormon...)
wtf-no pic!

LOL !
Since you are dreaming:

[Black Jack II]

To me this read like:

Ten excuses why cops:

are racist
are violent
beat their wives or children
feel the need to carry a gun everywhere...even in church

Of course it does.:rolleyes:

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

why not give these guys a nod of respect? they might have signed up for the job and there might be bad apples in every bunch ... but that doesn't change the fact that these guys signed up for the role of putting themselves at risk for the benifit and safety of society. because they chose to protect society they got some extra **** on their plates.

that said i think the article would read better as 10 stressors a cop must cope with. while it doesn't implicitly deny it, it doesnt take into account that people have varying degrees of dealing with stress. there are plenty of non-cynical cops with good family lives.

[Vash]

At least, the one's not in my area.

A vast majority are "on the take," getting regular pay from local and inter-state drug dealers. Everyone knows it, but most of us are afraid to say it. At a local "town hall" meeting of sheriff candidates for the next election, one of the prospective sheriff guys stood up and said "I won't deal drugs, take payment from drug dealers, or let them run our streets." The newspaper tore his ass up. A few days later, his car disappeared from in front of his house. Hasn't been seen since, though his family and he are fine.

I sold cell phones for several years, a lot of prepaid phones to known drug dealers. They would talk, openly, in the store, about "having to stop by *the sherrif's* to get their good-boy papers.

Heck, I was having an affair with a cop's friend's wife, and about three months after we broke it off, he starts calling me, telling me he's gonna beat my and my youngest brother (who he knows has Down Syndrome) into a bloody mess of ****. I file a complaint, and the detective who takes my statement says, "you don't do that. You deserve everything you've got coming to you." I go to file a restraining order, it takes it two months to become active.

That was a year ago. I STILL get pulled over by a few county cops, they all say "makin' sure you're staying on the straight and narrow." They say this while looking inside my car, "checking for open containers or married women, stuff like that. BTW, *blank* says hi." Seriously.

So, for those police officers who are good at their job, and don't abuse their power, kudos, and thank you. You deserve more than you get. For those that actively use their position for illegal activities and general acting of *******ness, I hope your life sucks more than seems possible, you worthless pieces of ****.

[Mook Jong]

I have a big problem with that article, particularly regarding how it 'affects the officer's children'. A friend of mine, more like a brother, has a cop for a dad. I've known him since i was 5 and essentially grew up with him. His house is a place that i have always been welcomed, his father always has a smile on his face and is genuinely happy to see me and my family. Also, my friend and his brother are some of the most sociable guys i have ever met. I think the article would be more aptly titled '10 stressors a cop can face'.



And Vash where do you live? Just wanna know so i can stay away/never **** off the cops there ever.

[BoulderDawg]

Heck, I was having an affair with a cop's friend's wife, and about three months after we broke it off, he starts calling me, telling me he's gonna beat my and my youngest brother (who he knows has Down Syndrome) into a bloody mess of ****. I file a complaint, and the detective who takes my statement says, "you don't do that. You deserve everything you've got coming to you." I go to file a restraining order, it takes it two months to become active.


The problem I have with this is the cop is sticking his nose into business where it does not belong. Had I'd been his "Friend" I would have told him to mind his own dam business.

That said, I would have no problem with the husband just beating the living hell out of you. Sorry but that's just not cool. There are too many available women out there.

[Vash]

That said, I would have no problem with the husband just beating the living hell out of you. Sorry but that's just not cool. There are too many available women out there.

I understand. I don't agree, but I understand. It's not like a stole a head of his cattle, I was friends with his wife, then it escalated to romance. It should be telling he was completely unaware of this for six months, while it was completely public. He was far more concerned about his image than his marriage, though.

To get back on topic - the article was mistitled, and dirty cops suck.

[Chosen-frozen]

Sorry Vash, I hate to come down on somebody I don`t know,but anyonewho messes around with someone who`s married is a scumbag.....as well as an idiot. You`re lucky, the graveyard is full of men and women who made that choice. (And note I didn`t say "mistake" I said choice. You talk about the friendship blossoming into a romance like it was something you wathced from the sidelines and you had no control over. Even if you don`t own up to it with others be honest with your self.)

[David Jamieson]

Cops as humans are the same as everyone else. You're human, they're human and that's that. Some people tend to separate themselves from society by forming their own little society themselves. Cops seem to do this everywhere. But so do firemen and electricians and tradesmen of different trades and crafts.

They do a service for the communities they work for.

I know a few cops, they are ok people by me. I don't see them as any different from anyone else.