You don't have to blow for the cops on a sidewalk anymore (Trees And Things)

pO157: Re: RE: #3

Fri, 5 Oct 2007 22:14:05 EST

Imagine all those volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel playing at dress up. We should make fun of them, too, because obviously they just do those things to compensate for something they are lacking.

I know that is a bit sarcastic, but what is the pr

thefadd: Re: Fear?

Fri, 5 Oct 2007 21:02:43 EST

The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be. -Lao Tzu

thefadd: RE: #3

Fri, 5 Oct 2007 20:28:16 EST

What, like the Hitler youth? One of the guys in my office signed up for that after 9-11. He gets to call himself deputy so it's super easy when his assistant is trying to make reservations for him around town. Everyone in the office makes fun of him for it

pO157: Fear?

Mon, 1 Oct 2007 08:46:23 EST

Could it be that police officers do not want to come forward against one of their own out of fear? The same reason inner city residents don't step up and turn in one of their neighbors for crime, yet the police deride them for their silence?

Stupid.

port1080: Here's another good one...

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:10:50 EST

Chicago Cop Scandal

CHICAGO - Videotapes of angry officers savagely beating civilians and charges that a murder plot was hatched within an elite special operations unit

zyxwvutsr: Re: 2 out of 3

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:11:42 EST

Wrong 'boro
Ah, Waldoboro is it? That's actually worse because it's the people in friggin' Damariscotta who look down their noses at you. Them and the folks from away who make a wrong turn from Route 1 and, after passi

pO157: Re: 2 out of 3

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:38:54 EST
Jesus, you guys really make the great state of Maine sound like something I should be sad I'm missing out on. Haven't been since I was a teenager.

Lou: Re: 2 out of 3

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:26:15 EST
Wrong 'boro. Read the article again.
And anyway, who cares what a bunch of sheep boinkers in Sidney think? You know how they practice safe sex in Sidney, don't you? They mark the sheep that kick.

zyxwvutsr: Re: 2 out of 3

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:47:59 EST
You live in Vassalboro? That would explain a lot. (You know...people in Sindey make fun of you guys.)

pO157: Re: You don't have to blow for the cops on a sidew

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:15:14 EST
So the benefit they are using as the selling point is free bus and subway rides?
Uhhh... I don't know how the mass transit system is in the UK but if it is anything like American Inner cities that would be a big negative for me. And this is coming from

pO157: Re: 2 out of 3

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:13:11 EST
Man that guy looks 'special.' Isn't he on a TV program or something?
Ehh, shit will happen no matter what. With the proper supervision I think things would be fine. Some rural areas that can't make budget train volunteers to do patrolling with the

pO157: Re: You don't have to blow for the cops on a sidew

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:59:35 EST
Man I misread it. Perhaps I was wishing his girlfriend was a Hispanic woman named Mercedes. Then it would be Mercedes' BMW.

wetkarma: Re: You don't have to blow for the cops on a sidew

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:55:26 EST
Interestingly here in London they have idea 3 implemented. Citizens can volunteer to act as special constable, solicitations for volunteers are plastere

Lou: 2 out of 3

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:34:54 EST
The first two points? Right on. Especially number 1.
There may be some issues with point three, however. Witness this article about a fatal shooting just down the road

zyxwvutsr: Re: You don't have to blow for the cops on a sidew

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:54:13 EST

...we just need to hire different people. More thinkers, more college educated types...If a drunk cop is speeding down the road in his girlfriend's Mercedes...
It was a BMW, college boy.

port1080: Re: You be trippin'

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:26:37 EST
I wonder how much on that site is true
Sadly, I think it's probably mostly true. A friend of mine who was a parole officer for a number of years retired out of the force due to some job-related injuries (he got smacked around a few too many t

pO157: Re: You don't have to blow for the cops on a sidew

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:19:47 EST
Several suggestions, most of which are borrowed from my own law enforcement rantings on previous threads:

End the militarism. Officer Friendly needs to come back, we don't need some buzz cut paramilitary force thinking every call req

Lou: You be trippin'

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:10:10 EST
Great link...I liked the part about how the officer gave a break to the guy doing 150mph...while on LSD!? I wonder how much on that site is true or there really are idiot cops out there that would give a pass to someone tripping on acid and speeding.

port1080: Re: You don't have to blow for the cops on a sidew

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:50:26 EST
due = do
oops

port1080: Re: You don't have to blow for the cops on a sidew

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:49:27 EST
And police wander why no one respects them...it's this jackboot thug crap, dumbasses. Also, let us not forget the sense of entitlement that we should all bow and scrape to the boys in blue. Has anyone else seen