Posted on 09/25/2007 7:57:49 PM PDT by B-Chan
If you are a police officer, trooper, court officer, correction officer, telecommunicator, highway patrol, federal agent, or any other type of police (peace) officer either full-time, part-time or retired that has been disrespected or insulted by another police agency (officer) by not receiving some sort of professional courtesy, please email staff (at) copswritingcops.com with the information. If you have been arrested for a crime and want to use this as a podium to rant, go somewhere else.
This is a site for officers getting traffic tickets that ANY normal civilian could get a warning on, verbal or written. This is a site for cops, about cops, and designed by cops. Needless to say, we are fed up with hearing about this and think something should be done. There's always another ticket down the street. We are all family and maybe someday you may need one of us to get out of our car and save your sorry ass. But odds are you're the cop that doesn't do anything to begin with.
Our Mission
The new police generation is here and the "old timers" need to pass on the respect for the police. It goes without saying that the public needs to respect us, but we must also respect each other. We have the career that no one wants, unless it's on TV. We have to deal with...well...how do we say it politically...the shitheads! These are people that no one else wants to deal with, that's why they call us. We are 'suppose' to come and solve the problems. Of course most of the problems are social or political issues and no officer is going to be able solve them in one call, or even 60 minutes like on TV. So what does this have to do with this site. A LOT!! All we have sometimes is each other.
Our mission is to try and bond our community by bringing the stories of how our brothers and sisters are sometimes mistreated by other brothers and sisters.
Maybe after visiting this site and reading how much it really does affect other officers, you may think twice about giving that ticket.
It's ONLY A TICKET! We're positive that there is someone more deserving of your attention than your own brother or sister.
FAQ's
Are we above the law?
No.
If we commit a crime, should we be "let go"?
No. We need to go to jail. The public has faith in us (supposedly). If we break that faith we need to pay the price. One of our staffers is an IAD Sergeant. He has many stories of how cops try and "get by with one". He is a strong proponent of this site.
Should we be given breaks on tickets that normal people would be given a break?
Yes. Best Buy employees get an employee price (which is awesome), Subway employees get free subs, military people get free hops on planes, airline employees get the jet around the world for free ($50 is free). Every profession gets some kind of 'perk'.
Is it fair?
No, but when is life ever fair.
No , just stating that I’m sick and tired of this above the law cr*p and the “us vs. them” attitude that seems to be prevalent among le personnel ,, they call us “civilians” as if that’s a put down while not realizing that they are civilians themselves and have an obligation to conduct themselves accordingly.
You’re welcome.
““Should we be given breaks on tickets that normal people would be given a break?
“Yes.”
I would like to call you a Nazi over that comment, but I will refrain.
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If you read my post CAREFULLY, you might find I was quoting someone else. So, I’ll refrain from calling you a knee-jerk reactionary who jumps to emotionally based conclusions. In other words, a liberal.
You thought wrong.
An understandable (// heavy sarcasm) mistake, but generally indicative of an ignorance of exactly which laws a LEO can lawfully attempt to “enforce” without a specific court order to do so.
And also which laws a LEO is expected to enforce, if he/she observes an actual transgression in progress.
If city, county and state cops actually had the authority to arbitrarily enforce any written “law” above their specific legal jurisdictions...we would have an Islamic, Taliban style LEO system.
Is your personal “need for speed” on public highways on which I also travel, worth that kind of accommodation?
ie... a LEO might know that there is a “law” against restaurants having filthy restrooms.
The LEO can cite/report the restaurant to the local governing authority, but he/she can’t decide to haul the owner to jail, when the LEO observes the obvious transgression of the “law” against a restaurant offering filthy bathrooms to the public.
I understand. People are tribal/clannish for a variety of reasons. Cops are the same way. It’s tribal more than us vs. them. You identify with people of the same background, experiences, knowledge, etc than someone who does not have those things. Calling citizens “civilians” isn’t a put down. It’s an identifier that the individual being called a civilian isn’t a part of the tribe or affiliated in any way.
I have been called a lot of things, but never a liberal.
What does any of that have to do with keeping the peace?
We pay the cops (government) money (via taxes) because we(obviously excepting you) do not want to be a mindless tribal/sectarian based society.
I can easily flex into supporting and forcefully suppressing an anti-USA,libertarian/demonic/chaotic world view.
Does that frighten you?
It should.
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