Posted on 06/20/2010 12:23:49 AM PDT by B-Chan
Cops are all about their egos.
I want that man's badge.
Typical. This is the kind of person who become a cop -- the high school bully types, the ones that enjoy slapping people around knowing they can get away with it.
We need to get rid of the "police department" model of law enforcement entirely. We could replace city cops with patrols of sworn, armed neighborhood volunteers, backed up by a paramilitary force of highly-trained Gendarmes each of whom is subject to the UCMJ.
Every time you look at a cop, remember: he could put a bullet through your head (or the head of your kid) and probably get away with it. We can live without the Blue Gang.
Not necessarily. It depends on how soon after high school they turn into a fat-ass. The ones that get fat right after high school usually opt to become gym teachers. They'd rather have the badge, but they must settle for the whistle. At least they still get to push people around with their authority, even if it is just kids.
And the pigs still can’t understand why so many people hate their guts.
Not necessarily. It depends on how soon after high school they turn into a fat-ass. The ones that get fat right after high school usually opt to become gym teachers. They'd rather have the badge, but they must settle for the whistle. At least they still get to push people around with their authority, even if it is just kids.
True. there are only so many jobs open to sociopathic retards these days. Few of them have the brains needed to become abortion doctors.
Then you followed it up with some serious armchair quarterbacking about how this person, himself a trained lifesaver, should have done things, giving deference to the bureaucrat.
I hate to say it, but in the case of a true stroke you have what is called "the golden hour". If you get to the hospital and they are able to diagnose your problem and administer the proper drugs within an hour of your symptoms starting you are likely to have a good outcome. Longer than that and your chances of becoming a permanent drooler start increasing greatly.
So the question is should you call 911 or have your family member take you to the Emergency Room. That is going to depend on a number of factors, but I know that in my family's case we will be better off transporting ourselves.
I have worked for a city fire department for over twenty years. Even our medic units carry no drugs that will help in the case of a stroke. I live in an outlying area where we are served by a volunteer fire department.
I am certain that even if we were to call for stroke symptoms it would be fifteen or twenty minutes before anyone showed up. Then they would take around fifteen minutes before transporting. It would take another fifteen minutes before my family member made it to the hospital. At least another fifteen minutes would go by before a diagnosis would be made and drugs would be given. These are actually ideal times. If anyone screws up somewhere along the line, if the nearest fire engine or ambulance is on another call, if you get a crew who has one finger in their butt thinking that you are a whiner and not really sick all of which is highly likely our "golden hour" will be history.
So in our case I am taking our family member straight to the hospital where they can get some real help before it is too late. If I have to deal with the police afterwords that will be a very small price to pay. Despite what we have been brainwashed to think for the last thirty years... 911 is not the best solution in many cases for many situations especially if you are a self-reliant person.
Badge-lappers on deck in 3... 2... 1...
probably another short cop with a problem...and I support the department, but there are those who should have never gotten on the force.
Was thinking the same thing, but I didn’t realize it was three weekends in a row. I recall it happening not that long ago, though.
Demand a jury trial.
Not all cops are former school bullies. Some are just those people who can never get the hang of running a fryolator 3000.
Officer Daves (from another account).
Fire the bastard now!
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a friend of mine was a bartender for over 10 years and she didn’t have many nice things to say about cops. Big cheaters and drinkers. I used to tease the cops I knew saying, if you hadn’t become a cop you’d be in jail. They’d laugh.
Do we REALLY want to have 'volunteers'? I think they are all running the HOA's
I took driver’s training 38 years ago. At that time I think I remember that a car honking it’s horn has the right of way through an intersection. I assume it was for emergencies such as this. Does anyone recall something similar?
Fine if you live in "Gotham City" but for those of us with a more rural life it's not so clear cut. I can drive to either of two area hospitals in under ten minutes. If however, I call for an EMT squad (volunteer) it takes them about twenty minutes to get to the wagon and roll out to my house and then another ten minutes to get to the ER. Bad idea to wait...
Regards,
GtG
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