Like Pablo, I think you could do good service to the law enforcement profession if you shared your perspective, experience, and wisdom. I agree with you, a lot of the opinions here are from armchair quarter backers. That old saying "don't judge others until you've walked miles in their shoes" certainly applies here. When I listen to police scanners, it seems that one of today's biggest problems is dealing with family issues - spousal abuse, child neglect, alcoholism, mental illness.............. today's police officer is required to be a social worker, not unlike what today's teachers have to deal with. There's always at least two sides of a story.
Law Enforcement - What Are Your Pet Peeves?
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AutoMechanic
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Something like that is ok. But if they are doing it to get innocent people to incriminate themselves that’s a problem.
Do they really get weeded out?
I have seen way too many reports of bad cops being fired from a department, only after public outcry. Until then, the city leaders tolerate bad cops.
Way too often, when bad cops do get dismissed, within weeks they have been rehired by a neighboring law enforcement department. I've even seen reports of officers being fired from two or three different departments, and still getting leo jobs with another town.
And then you have the deals like the one that @KrisZ mentioned in post #42. That bad sheriff got off with probation, and then still was given his $72k/yr retirement. After he intentionally ruined someone else's life.
Here in Wisconsin, the tavern league would probably scream bloody murder if police set up checkpoints. The league has surprising political clout. So in all fairness, the cops have to make sh!t up to manufacture "probable cause."
Now your mixing metaphors.
Undercover is different. When the stolen car was sold, they didn't think they were selling to a LEO. So the "buyer" had no position of authority.
Lying to the police is a criminal offense. But they can outright lie to you, and there in a position of authority. That doesn't sit right with me. The rules should be the same for everyone. Everyone can lie or no one can.
Not mixed, just 1st, 2nd, 3rd level.
I agree, BTW. 2nd Level set-up or worse, planting, well of course, terrible.
Off topic a little, but I watched a video of 2 motorcyclists on big Adventure bikes out in the middle of nowhere, maybe Nevada or somewhere. Two lane blacktop straight as an arrow, middle of the day, 55 posted speed limit. They got pulled over and written up for "Wasting Resources". I guess better than points, but dang. Reminds me of traveling in Mexico.
SammyChevelleTypeS3
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I have to say , if I was asked "are you a lucky person?" my answer in general would be NO!" Except when it comes to a few things.
LEOs are one of them. I have been caught and stopped racing like 80 to 90mph on streets in the 70s and stopped a few times in the 80s and 90s. Out of all of that I was only ticketed maybe 2 times. They treated me with total professionalism. I have only been stopped and ticketed once in the past 35 years. So I do not have any recent encounters with any.
I can not believe what has gone 100% out of control in my area and I wonder WHY no one cares or is doing a thing about it. Suddenly a large majority of cars and even SUVs are seen all over with windows tinted completely blacked out. I have even seen many with the windshields the same. This is so dangerous if you ask me. I can not think why LEOs are not stopping and putting a real hurt on them with tickets to stop it. This is extremely dangerous to LEOs who may have to deal with whoever is in those vehicles as one can not see at all inside.
LEOs are one of them. I have been caught and stopped racing like 80 to 90mph on streets in the 70s and stopped a few times in the 80s and 90s. Out of all of that I was only ticketed maybe 2 times. They treated me with total professionalism. I have only been stopped and ticketed once in the past 35 years. So I do not have any recent encounters with any.
I can not believe what has gone 100% out of control in my area and I wonder WHY no one cares or is doing a thing about it. Suddenly a large majority of cars and even SUVs are seen all over with windows tinted completely blacked out. I have even seen many with the windshields the same. This is so dangerous if you ask me. I can not think why LEOs are not stopping and putting a real hurt on them with tickets to stop it. This is extremely dangerous to LEOs who may have to deal with whoever is in those vehicles as one can not see at all inside.
And then there is Albuquerque!
I watch some 1st amendment auditors and if a public employee is using their work phone OR personal phone, some will tell the public employee to not erase that video or photo as he is calling out to them, the public employee while at work he is putting his phone on a "litigation hold" as he will be FOIA requesting that video or photo. And if he or she erases it would be considered to be a "spoliation of evidence"and a lawsuit could follow if they do.
I go to Menard's and Home Depot almost daily and many times as many as three times a day. I go one way to get there and another back road way coming back. It is in a semi-rich 3rd ring suburb of Minneapolis the cops would have a speed trap on a posted road of 30 mph. It has a couple of bends and a T in the road in the center of the straight away (1/4 miles straight) The roads around there are 45 mph and this road can and is mostly used at 45mph, especially on the straight running next to a wetland/industrial park area no residential for miles. The local cops would have a radar trap there 5 to 6 times a year as it is a blood bath. 10 squad cars I counted and one supervisor. They laser you at the end of the straight and after the curve it was 10 squads waiting for the blood. 50%+ of the people would get tagged.
I called up and ask to talk to a police officer, the dispatcher said no officer is in now. I then said yeah I know why too. I told them I don't live in your city, I just work in it, but 11 cops doing your radar sting operation is a total waste of taxpayer money in a wrongly post speed road and with all the drugs/drug trafficking/human trafficking. Don't you have a better place to put ALL your man power to entrap people on a safe road and a safe speed they are doing on a badly mismarked speed rating for the road. She said she would have a supervisor call me and they never did. I saw it one more time, and covid and "defund the police in Minnesota happened." I have never seen the BS speed trap since the beginning of covid, thank God. It was a money grab, no school, residential area or kids for miles.
I called up and ask to talk to a police officer, the dispatcher said no officer is in now. I then said yeah I know why too. I told them I don't live in your city, I just work in it, but 11 cops doing your radar sting operation is a total waste of taxpayer money in a wrongly post speed road and with all the drugs/drug trafficking/human trafficking. Don't you have a better place to put ALL your man power to entrap people on a safe road and a safe speed they are doing on a badly mismarked speed rating for the road. She said she would have a supervisor call me and they never did. I saw it one more time, and covid and "defund the police in Minnesota happened." I have never seen the BS speed trap since the beginning of covid, thank God. It was a money grab, no school, residential area or kids for miles.
SammyChevelleTypeS3
$50 site donor 2023
Thank you ALL for your services to the communities. I realize it is a well needed job that far too many do not realize the sacrifice and dedication to the public it takes. Over the years I have lost (two) close friends who died on the job. One in an accident (run over by a drunk illegal) and the other shot and killed in a domestic dispute he was trying to resolve.
