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1 posted on 06/28/2006 5:54:30 PM PDT by qam1
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A little unusual topic for an Xer Ping but..

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Ping list for the discussion of the politics and social (and sometimes nostalgic) aspects that directly effects Generation Reagan / Generation-X (Those born from 1965-1981) including all the spending previous generations (i.e. The Baby Boomers) are doing that Gen-X and Y will end up paying for.

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2 posted on 06/28/2006 6:01:00 PM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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Repeal most of the stupid laws that are on the books and officers can really focus on laws that need to be enforced.


3 posted on 06/28/2006 6:01:19 PM PDT by xrp (Fox News Channel: MISSING WHITE GIRL NETWORK)
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Now, what group is it that we know will do the job that Americans won't do?


4 posted on 06/28/2006 6:03:47 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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The stringent standards employed by most police departments mean they routinely reject 95 percent of their applicants, so to hire about 300 officers, 3,000 need to apply.

Where I went to school, a 95% rejection rate of 3,000 applicants would leave 150, not 300 officers left.

5 posted on 06/28/2006 6:26:30 PM PDT by SnuffaBolshevik
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The stringent standards employed by most police departments mean they routinely reject 95 percent of their applicants, so to hire about 300 officers, 3,000 need to apply.

Math is apparently not part of those stringent standards.

6 posted on 06/28/2006 6:27:29 PM PDT by Turbopilot (iumop ap!sdn w,I 'aw dlaH)
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Well, I'm not certain its just that. The sarcastic nickname 'Officer Friendly' was coined for a reason. Do't get me wrong--there are some top notch cops out there, and I don't envy the duty cops have to pull in urban areas. But, I've known personally some people who went into law enforcement who were total a**hats. Now they have the protection of a badge. Not a good advertisement for a career, especially when you see articles where the primary duty for cops is to stake out a fireworks stand in another state in order to confiscate property.


7 posted on 06/28/2006 6:41:12 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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A call for a sane and armed populace.


8 posted on 06/28/2006 7:03:15 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (orwell's watching)
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It sounds to me like San Antonio City Manager Sheryl Sculley is attempting to gain pity. I, for one, have no pity on the SAPD. After having worked here as a Paramedic and witnessing the way the SAPD treated people in emergency situations, I won't have a thing to do with them.
10 posted on 06/28/2006 7:58:27 PM PDT by Sarajevo (Life is a sexually transmitted disease. -R. D. Laing)
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And yet, in virtually every city, 2-3 cars respond to every broken tail light!

Traffic "enforcement" is #1 priority, recovering stolen property, busting drug dealers, etc. is WAAAYY down the list.

Issuing tickets is revenue, combating serious crime is expensive.


12 posted on 06/28/2006 8:37:38 PM PDT by Richard-SIA ("The natural progress of things is for government to gain ground and for liberty to yield" JEFFERSON)
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