Why do so many people have such negative opinions of police officers these days? (Do you really understand?)?
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Why do so many people have such negative opinions of police officers these days? (Do you really understand?)?
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Do the people that undermind, and question their authority really comprehend what they do day to day? Do they really even have any miniscule conception of what the career intails?
Here's a small glimps into it, directly from a Law Enforcement forum site:
The Difference Between You And A Law Enforcement Officer
You wonder why he pulled you over and gave you a ticket for speeding.
He just worked an accident where people died because they were going too fast.
You wonder why that cop was so mean,
He just got done working a case where a drunk driver killed a kid.
You work for 8 hours,
He works for up to 18 hours
You drink hot coffee to stay awake,
The cold rain in the middle of the night keeps him awake.
You complain of a 'headache', and call in sick,
He goes into work still hurt and sore from the guy he had to fight the night before.
You drink your coffee on your way to the mall,
He spills his as he runs code to a traffic crash with kids trapped inside.
You make sure you're cell phone is in your pocket before you leave the house,
He makes sure his gun is clean and fully loaded and his vest is tight.
You talk trash about your 'buddies' that aren't with you,
He watches his buddy get shot at, and wounded in front of him.
You walk down the beach, staring at all the pretty girls,
He walks down the highway looking for body parts from a traffic crash.
You complain about how hot it is,
He wears fifty pounds of gear and a bullet proof vest in July and still runs around chasing crack heads.
You go out to lunch, and complain because the restaurant got your order wrong,
He runs out before he gets his food to respond to an armed robbery.
You get out of bed in the morning and take your time getting ready,
He gets called out of bed at 2 am after working 12 hours and has to be into work A.S.A.P. for a homicide.
You go to the mall and get your hair done,
He holds the hair of some college girl while she's puking in the back of his patrol car.
You're angry because your class ran 5 minutes over,
His shift ended 4 hours ago and there's no end in sight.
You call your girlfriend and set a date for tonight,
He can't make any plans because on his off days he still gets called back into work.
You yell and scream at the squad car that just passed you because they slowed you down,
He's in the driver seat of the squad car, going to cut somebody out of their car.
You roll your eyes when a baby cries in public,
He picks up a dead child in his arms and prays that it was crying.
You criticize your police dept and say they're never there quick enough,
He blasts the siren while the person in front of him refuses to move while talking on their cell phone.
You hear the jokes about fallen officers and say they should have known better,
He is a hero and runs into situations when everyone else is running away in order to make sure nobody gets hurt and loses his life doing it.
You are asked to go to the store by your parents. You don't.
He would take a bullet for his buddy without question.
You sit there and judge him, saying that it's a waste of money to have them around,
Yet as soon as you need help he is there.
***Back to the ?.....are people just that self absorbed that they don't care about that....or are they simply too ignorant to let it all sink in?
As a young married mom of 3, I have a hard time answering that ?
Please clarrify any wrong assumption I have on the topic.
Additional Details
Lp P~ I had a VERY hard time trying to read your post. I am only about 20% fluent in spanish, so I understand JUST enough to get most of what you are saying.
IF you are being 100% honest, then simply put...you have NOTHING to worry about.
If it is rumored that you spit in someones food, then YES you will be public enemy #1 in that department (I'm in a TINY town that had that happen last year, and brought about felony charges).
BUT having said that, I have ALOT more faith in the oficers, than to think they would target a completely random faily for no good reason.
If your nose is clean then don't sweat it. Your talking 2 years...unless your into MAJOR trafficing, and they are building a case, you have NOTHING to worry about. They'd have busted you long ago if you were a top priority concern.
Be a decent person, go to your local department, donate clothing, donate funds, donate time, let them see you for who you really are.
I wouldn't worry about things, seriously.
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motomadmann
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cops are mostly good people. doing the job. a very well needed service. and yes their job is very stressfull. and can be very dangerous, but it's the bad cops. that abuse their powers that give the others a bad name. and yes people bicker because they got a ticket. because they where doing wrong. and they shouldn't complain and just pay it. and get on. getting on. |
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c4urself
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Some people are both self absorbed and ignorant. Your posting is so refreshing. Sometimes I think I'm part of a dying breed, representing a time when people wanted help and protection from the bad guys. Anymore it seems those people are hard to find. It sure makes it all worth while when I do get the chance to help someone, though. Thank you for your support and the encouraging words. God bless! |
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Officer Waffle
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You know, right now I am a college freshman and I've been back and fourth on being a cop and choosing another career because of all the bad sides to being a cop (hours, missing holidays, low pay, etc.). But in the end, being a cop is really what I've always wanted to do, and your post just reassured me of that.
But to answer your actual question, the only people who have negative opinions of cops are the people who are doing something illegal. I know many people who are thankful that cops are around, but I do agree with you that it's not enough people. |
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stupid is as stupid does
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cops dont have to be cops,"THEY MADE THAT CHIOCE"doesnt give them the right to be a d-ck head about everything.most cops think that you have to live your live the way they want you to.a badge and a gun dont make them gods. |
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Bob
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I think you've over dramatized the job a bit.
The real trouble with being a cop isn't all the stuff you mentioned. It's the RISK of running into all the stuff you mentioned.
Not everyday does a cop deal with:
a deathly traffic accident, people in risk of death, gunshots (at him or his buddies), a fight, 50 pounds of gear (I guess that was a SWAT reference? They're so few as to be non-existent), crack heads, robbery (armed or otherwise), any violent crime, homicide, an 18 hour shift, getting called in on his day off (no more than the rest of us), dead or dying people (adult/child), risking his life. Cops do NOT hold the hair of puking college girls.
So while I do respect officers and while I do believe they have difficult, stressful jobs, I nearly had to call 9-1-1 to get one to come hold my hair so I could puke after reading your diatribe. 99% of the time, they're doing nothing but driving around in patrol cars, killing time and looking for something to do. I had a police officer tell me that himself.
In fact, some of those things, individual officers statistically NEVER deal with. The stress of the job is from the RISK of dealing with any one of those things; the risk of approaching a driver's window and not knowing for sure that he isn't going to start firing a weapon at you. And yeah, that's a ton of stress.
But why do people resent the police? There are several reasons... and they're all easy.
1. No one likes getting rebuked for anything (including a traffic ticket).
2. Some police officers are power junkies and fail to show the public the respect that the public deserves (we deserve respect from officers, just as they deserve respect from us).
3. An officer who's had a bad day can take it out on the wrong person, thus embittering that person to future police experiences. I've been on the wrong end of that.
4. Some departments truly are terribly dishonest or irresponsible. I have had numerous bad experiences with a police department in a town I lived in, though the police in most towns are fantastic.
5. Tickets/Citations that are obviously for the purposes of generating revenue.
In other words, the police have authority over people. People don't appreciate it when that authority is used. Whether used fairly or unfairly, no one likes to be rebuked. |
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jed
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people are glad the cops are there when they need them but sometimes it is inconvient for them. I think most people know that the police dont have it easy but they think im a good person so why am i in trouble for speeding. I had a cop come to my house on the word of my step daughters mother and he let her take her. Later he finds out because he didnt do his job that she is a drug addict and child abuser plus some. So why should i give him a break. Im glad that they are there but if they dont do their job people get hurt. including children. The policman you are talking about is rare and wanted as a policeman |
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Lp P
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well this is my problem i have right now, and tell me what i can do excatly...
How a i can report a persecutors harrasment that just turn a whim for them?
this start about 2 years ago when they arrest my brother in law, i was living with my sister but my brother in law was arrested because selling drugs let me tell you thats when start my nightmare they start to persecuted me everywhere i go if i sell grugs too buy i was not what they think, then they found where i work then they try to make look bad, they spread a rumor that i spit in the food then somepeople that knows me start to asking me saying me dont spit in my food im your friend and that make feel bad how could belive such thing.then every where i go they follow me i go to bestbuy or sears they make look bad as im a thif i go to restaurants they said im who spit in the food in my workplace, but thanks God im not does things but now i feel treathened me and my family security, they got pist because im not what they though they said it was a waste of time but now they put people to provoque me following everywhere i go in their cars, in the place i work this people are pointing me whispering each other now they are framing me for x reason all this its very strange and this is for about 2 years almost somthng its rong and twisted,,, im not very importan im avarage guy but there its a customer and there friends are old but they were cops before now they are retired but one of them when i start to work right there this guy dont like me,thing that i dont care wether like me or not. i think this guy have something to do with this thing what still going on against me because i have seen this guy with strage people pointing me and talking laughing of what can happen to me inside jail... moquin at me now my life its work and home ,home and work so im trying to go a side, but they still have people strangers that provoquing me they yield,stearing at me and i want to stop this, well im mexican and they are using the law to plot against me i have being frame me and my family i said family because i live with my mother, my sister, an i have a brother that live with a lady i im afraid they will go againt my family because they are using strange people to threatened me and my family im tired of this i feel like im in a twilight when all the world its pointing you when you no even know why because im no use drugs, i dont even drink, dont smoke dont like coke or any kind of soda dont like to party im a type like to fight, but they have call me smart,pease of ****,scum,smartdog,demon,wolf, they have call a lot of thinks, but they saids other guys run but this one stand still, and that make me feel they are trying to acuse me of somethig thing that they only know, i have never being in jail nither being a gang member because i like my family where i live and i love my self....i proud who im ,no matter im poor in this country but happy with i just have. and once there was a guy old guy with the aparience of important with a despot look, that guy call me insolent to because i ask to give me a apology of what they have done before like call me thif o crook trying to make look as a criminal, non of them have stand in front of me to give me an apology but not, they have call me insolent because they have power, a little power that meltdow feelings of human dignity. please to who i have to go please, or what i can do because they are a thread to me and my family because something its wrong is happening .....and i want to stop it... and this is what recomend me another user A few options they might go into include lawsuits for defamation, libel, or even a restraining order. you think i can go with this or what you said.. |
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