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Originally posted by Gregarious
I have yet to meet a cop of integrity.
Originally posted by E-ville
they spend more time and money fighting things like people driving 5mph over the speed limit and finding drugs, than they do actually solving crimes.
Originally posted by BornPatriot
"TO SERVE AND PROTECT on a police car.... now it 911 and get ready to go bankrupt...
Originally posted by SweetRevenge
It's funny how full of crap some people are.
Also true.
Originally posted by SweetRevengeThey are just the same as you and I, there are good and bad.
Originally posted by SweetRevenge
I know most of the cops at my local department are very nice people, and even let people get away with the more minor crimes unless they treat them poorly(slam doors in there faces, tell them to 'F' off, or try to pick fights because they think they understand law), usually in the form of noise violations around here.
Also true.
Originally posted by SweetRevenge
Most of the bitter, hard-assed cops I see are that way because of people treating them like the enemy.
Originally posted by SweetRevenge
Don't try to fight it, media loves portraying cops as corrupt criminals, and sometimes making them out to be more evil than the worst gangbangers.
Originally posted by SweetRevenge
Hell, I plan to join the force to protect people once I'm done with my Criminal Justice degree,
Originally posted by SweetRevenge
Cops don't have it easy either, in my Hometown my best friends dad had to use fake phone numbers and became a paranoid wreck in crowds due to all the death threats and harassment he would receive before he retired.
I'm not here to throw stones and belittle posters, but a lot of people don't take the time to consider police as humans.
Originally posted by badmedia
Social crimes are what turn cops from friends to enemies.
When the US was first made, there were no social crimes.
Originally posted by badmedia
The police only enforce crimes that had victims.
Originally posted by badmedia
We had the least amount of crime in the world, and also the least amount of cops.
Originally posted by badmedia
Then social crimes start happening. Now the police are no longer going after crimes with victims,
Originally posted by badmedia
but going after people habits that don't hurt anyone. We all have people in our families with bad social habits(drinking/drugs etc). And we know they aren't hurting anyone.
Originally posted by E-ville
Seat belt laws.
How come the state can mandate I use a seat belt, when the only person that will loose anything from the situation is me the non seat belt wearing person.
As a officer you need to think about the laws your enforcing, seat belt laws are simply and only there for INCOME, not wearing a seat belt does nothing to harm anyone else on the road.
Originally posted by E-ville
As for speed killing people , look at the Autobahn in Germany, they have less deaths there than on US highways... So saying speeding causes deaths is not a valid argument as the autobahn has proven.
Originally posted by E-ville
You do know why we have certain speed limits on roads, correct, it's blackmail by the federal government
Originally posted by Kwapp
What's a "cop of integrity" to you? One that doesn't write you a speeding ticket because you broke the law?
Breaking speeding laws and drug laws aren't crimes?
"TO SERVE AND PROTECT on a police car.... now it 911 and get ready to go bankrupt...