To Protect and to Serve II

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I hate to say it, because I hate the double standard that cops get... plus the officer decided to use discretion to not charge them with a gun charge (which to me is a non-issue since we live in a land of 2A/"shall not infringe*), but he should have just followed them home.

 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
My question is, why can't cops give civilians the same courtesy?
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Most cops do treat civilians with courtesy. Of course you do have bad apples in both policemen and civilians. And when you have a bad attitude towards a cop, their response is not gonna be sunshine and roses.
 
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dovervolz said:
Most cops do treat civilians with courtesy. Of course you do have bad apples in both policemen and civilians. And when you have a bad attitude towards a cop, their response is not gonna be sunshine and roses.
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Did you see the video? His fellow cops, or at least the guy in the passenger's seat, wasn't a nice fellow. He still cut them a break.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
State police = license plate chasers...

Here to protect and serve you 2A citizens.

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A drunk lunatic waving a gun around in a road rage incident and then tried to grab the gun off the dashboard as officers were talking to him?

Yea might want to find a different hero for this one, regardless of how dumb i think that State troopers tactics are here
 
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Rickyvol77 said:
They often try to, but lawyers have dictated that police can be held liable if they let an intoxicated person unattended go home and something happens to them
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So what's the worst that would happen to a cop that did this? I mean, cops shoot the s#!t out of people and dogs all the time and get off... what makes you think the punishment for driving someone home is going to be any worse than that?
 
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Rickyvol77 said:
A drunk lunatic waving a gun around in a road rage incident and then tried to grab the gun off the dashboard as officers were talking to him?

Yea might want to find a different hero for this one, regardless of how dumb i think that State troopers tactics are here
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See, this is the issue. Their actions lead to someone dying.

Had I done something on my job that got someone killed, I would be fired.

Cops can do "dumb" stuff on the job and get off.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
So what's the worst that would happen to a cop that did this? I mean, cops shoot the s#!t out of people and dogs all the time and get off... what makes you think the punishment for driving someone home is going to be any worse than that?
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They could get sued and fired if an intoxicated person is let go without either being arrested or a trip to the hospital and something bad happens to them, ESPECIALLY if they were driving drunk
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
See, this is the issue. Their actions lead to someone dying.

Had I done something on my job that got someone killed, I would be fired.

Cops can do "dumb" stuff on the job and get off.
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Their legal and justified actions of investigating a possibly intoxicated violent person with a gun who then attempted to grab said gun to use against them?
 
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Had my first experience with THP today. And boy it was a doozy. For context, I am working from home, and my wife is currently 5 months pregnant, working as an Intensive Care Unit RN.

Wife leaves work this morning around 8 AM after working 14 hours taking care of extremely ill COVID patients all night. Gets stopped by THP for doing 57 in a 45. Not taking up for her, but it is a bit of a speed trap. So he starts the 20 questions stuff. Where you been, where you going etc. This drags on for almost an hour. She has her scrubs on with her work badge on. What pisses me off, is she had to call me to come pick her up due to being so damn sleep deprived she didn't feel safe to drive. So I take an hour of vacation to go take care of this. Issues a $300 ticket.

This evening I leave to go to the gym. I pass a THP officer on my little city road. Whips around and pulls me over. Says I was doing 45 in a 30. I was following 2 other vehicles. Officer claims " all 3 of you were speeding, but you were the easiest one to pull over." What kind of luck is this shizz? So I am in a rental since I wrecked my truck. I have had this rental since the shops are having a hard time getting all the parts. Dude absolutely drills me on why I have had a rental for for 46 days. I proceed to get the 20 questions. I knew he had a ticket in his hand, so I eventually say, "sir, I need to get to the gym so I can get back before a meeting at work." He hands me the ticket and says "Merry Christmas." $270 ticket. This whipping around and claiming they clocked someone doing such and such is speed while driving is a joke. I'm not even sure how fast I was going since I was just following the cars in front of me. More upset with how my wife was treated. Debating on attending the court dates.
 
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BAJAvol said:
Had my first experience with THP today. And boy it was a doozy. For context, I am working from home, and my wife is currently 5 months pregnant, working as an Intensive Care Unit RN.

Wife leaves work this morning around 8 AM after working 14 hours taking care of extremely ill COVID patients all night. Gets stopped by THP for doing 57 in a 45. Not taking up for her, but it is a bit of a speed trap. So he starts the 20 questions stuff. Where you been, where you going etc. This drags on for almost an hour. She has her scrubs on with her work badge on. What pisses me off, is she had to call me to come pick her up due to being so damn sleep deprived she didn't feel safe to drive. So I take an hour of vacation to go take care of this. Issues a $300 ticket.

This evening I leave to go to the gym. I pass a THP officer on my little city road. Whips around and pulls me over. Says I was doing 45 in a 30. I was following 2 other vehicles. Officer claims " all 3 of you were speeding, but you were the easiest one to pull over." What kind of luck is this shizz? So I am in a rental since I wrecked my truck. I have had this rental since the shops are having a hard time getting all the parts. Dude absolutely drills me on why I have had a rental for for 46 days. I proceed to get the 20 questions. I knew he had a ticket in his hand, so I eventually say, "sir, I need to get to the gym so I can get back before a meeting at work." He hands me the ticket and says "Merry Christmas." $270 ticket. This whipping around and claiming they clocked someone doing such and such is speed while driving is a joke. I'm not even sure how fast I was going since I was just following the cars in front of me. More upset with how my wife was treated. Debating on attending the court dates.
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Cops get a bad rap these days. But, this is my main issue with law enforcement these days. Their directive seems to be to harrass law abiding citizens and steal their hard earned money. It appears to be like low hanging fruit to them.
 
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tnmarktx said:
Cops get a bad rap these days. But, this is my main issue with law enforcement these days. Their directive seems to be to harrass law abiding citizens and steal their hard earned money. It appears to be like low hanging fruit to them.
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True that. My thing is, just give me the damn ticket and let me go on. Haven’t had a ticket in like 8 years and our judges are pretty good here. So I’ll probably just go to the court date
 
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