Police Officer

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A POLICE OFFICER SPEAKSWell, Mr. Citizen, it seems you've figured me out. I fit neatlyinto the category where you've placed me. I'm stereotyped, standardized,characterized, classified, grouped, and always typical.Unfortunately, the reverse is true. I can never figure you out. From birth,you teach your children that I'm the bogeyman, then you'reshocked when they identify/associate with my traditional enemy... the criminal! Youaccuse me of coddling criminals..until I catch your kids doing wrong. Youmay take an hour for lunch and several coffee breaks each day, butpoint me out as a loafer for having one cup. You pride yourself on yourmanners, but think nothing of disrupting my meals with your troubles.You raise Cain with the guy who cuts you off in traffic, but letme catch you doing the same thing and I'm picking on you. You know all thetraffic laws...but you've never gotten a single ticket you deserve. Youshout "FOUL" if you observe me driving fast to a call, but raise theroof if I take more than ten seconds to respond to your complaint.You call it part of my job if someone strikes me, but call itpolice brutality if I strike back. You wouldn't think of telling your dentist how to pull a tooth or your doctor how to take out an appendix, yetyou are always willing to give me pointers on the law. You talk to me ina manner that would get you a bloody nose from anyone else, but expect meto take it without batting an eye. You yell that something's got to be doneto fight crime, but you can't be bothered to get involved.You have no use for me at all, but of course it's OK if I changea flat for your wife, deliver your child in the back of the patrol car, or perhapssave your son's life with mouth to mouth breathing, or work many hours overtime looking for your lost daughter.So Mr.Citizen, you can stand there on your soapbox and rant andrave about the way I do my work, calling me every name in the book, butnever stop to think that your property, family, or maybe even your life dependson me or one of my buddies. Yes, Mr. Citizen, it's me the cop!The Author of this article was Trooper Mitchell Brown of theVirginia State Police. He was killed in the line of duty two months afterwriting the article......AS A SALUTE TO THE MILLIONS OF POLICE OFFICERS WHO PUT THEIRLIVES ON THE LINE FOR MR. AND MRS. CITIZEN,EVERYDAY AND NEVER ASK FOR ANYTHINGIN RETURN..PLEASE PASS THIS ON!

The worlds police forces do a great job of protecting the innocrent and for their troubles all they get is abuse.I'm currently 1/2 way through my police application, sometimes i need reminding why i am applying. The police recruitment slogan in the uk is 'Police: Could You?',, could i? Could i deal with criminals, physical/verbal abuse, death. I think i could,,, why would i want to? I really dont know. In my case i guess ive applied because there is more to life than self centeredness, and doing something thats really worthwhile is soo much more rewarding than boosting profits by 7.5% or whatever.I hope that i can do it. I have massive respect for the job the police do and i want to be a part of something like that.

Awesome

Out here the police do a great job, it's the godamn judges that are useless here in Canada. Police constantly have to rearrest criminals just to see them the next week again stabbing someone. They again get sent home to think about their evil doings. Police are scared to touch their guns in fear of racial discrimination or themself getting charged. Police put their lives in danger everyday, have to make statements from crazy people who could attack them, sit long hours in a boring court room just to see the f***er walk. SULUTE TO THE POLICE. Did I spell sulute wrong?

You saw the Linda Shaw thing right?

Maybe but please refresh me if you want, I don't watch news very often.

It was this BIIIG case out here in ontario.. It's really interesting.. and scary!! They thought Paul Bernardo was connected to it.. but they just solved it after like.. 15 years

The majority of cops are power-hungry pricks who frequently abuse their power and disregard constitutional rights. I said the majority. I've met some cool cops but most of them are just assholes, like the ones who stop and interrogate you for walking down the street at night or even worse the ones who just search your shit because you have a "Phish" sticker on your car.

Amen I hate it when a cop defends himself then there are protests about how it was brutality when the guy was high on speed and taking random shots at everyone around, might as well have their hands tied behind their backs.

Yah i have to second that... ive been stopped for walking down a sidewalk to mc donalds at 8 at night.. ive been nearly arrested for ''going'' to see a fight that never even happened and other things.. BUT there are some very good cops who do there job right and i aplaud them.. also fire fighters to!

Agreed. When I was younger I wanted to be a fire fighter.. I wanted to be a lot of things.. hair dresser, interior designer, minister, mechanic... man on man.. how'd I settle in finance?

So let me get this right...Potheads = fine, upstanding, intelligent, productive members of society making contributions to the betterment of mankind.Cops = power-hungry pricks who routinely abuse the constitution.Damn! I've been getting that wrong all these years.

It's funny how many city cops smoke pot.

I'm in one of the worst city's in Canada for known police corruption and abuse. Police around here are well known for using excessive force in many locations at night and the whole system is corrupt and poorly managed. I love Edmonton, it's a great city, but that is one of its flaws.Not to say I haven't met a good police officer. Our school has one constant officer on duty (not bad for a school of 1500) and he's a great guy.

You'd be surpirised how many pigs are meth heads.

In reply to:Potheads = fine, upstanding, intelligent, productive members of society making contributions to the betterment of mankind.Potheads don't hurt people and they especially won't kill your dog when they come over, which is the first thing cops will do when they kick down your door, blast away your harmless Golden Retriever.

Fuck cops.

Did that happen to you?

No, luckily I've never been in trouble with cops aside from curfew violations when I was 14 or being chased out of a park.But it does happen. Do you know how many people are serving time for Felony Assault on a Police Officer because they accidentally touched a cop while struggling and the cops decided to add the charge? And I have a friend who can NEVER drive a car again because an off-duty pig ignored a stop sign and hit her, since the cops knew the pig guess whos fault it was? And if you hit a cop you lose your license for life.

Oh...I thought for a minute that maybe you had some credibility.