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It should be no surprise that officers view the people they initiate contact with with suspicion as well. They have to. Untill the person does demonstrates that they are not a threat to them. The trick is not painting the entire public with one brush...like some freepers do with cops. I have been a cop for 22 years. I am proud of my service. That being said, cops my age are noticing that police work is heading in a direction we are not comfortable with. The only thing we can do is train new officers in “old school” values. We are seeing young people get into police work that have different values than we do. Different ideas of what’s police should or should not be able to do. (no family values ...public schools?) I have three years to go till I can get out...i pray I make it.

BTW, I saw this post from another thread when I looked you over. You sound like a decent cop.

So I'll let you in on a secret: I was trolling you. :)

Sometimes I'm in the mood to troll a cop a little. The current crop of cops are bad news, and have made me become extremely anti-police. They dress like they are in Mogadishu, act like they are in Afghanistan, and behave like they are on Operation Desert Storm.

In America.

Not cool.

The current crop of cops are bad news, and have made me become extremely anti-police. They dress like they are in Mogadishu, act like they are in Afghanistan, and behave like they are on Operation Desert Storm.

You know Laz, I've seen much the same thing. The cops that have been around awhile are still ok in my book. I've been pulled over by guys like bike800 and as long as you treat them with respect and don't act like they're stupid ("No officer, I don't know how fast I was going") you'll get respect back and treated well. Last time I got pulled over by an experienced street cop I pulled away without a ticket by simply being respectful.

Then there was the asshole Palos Heights IL cop who pulled me over and instantly started giving me attitude. There was no way I was leaving that scene without a ticket and to my surprise (and despite my being respectful the entire time) I found myself surrounded by four squad's in a parking lot before the whole thing was over. The asshole cop who happened to be the watch sargeant (George L. Yott, Palos Hts. PD) told one of the other officers to write me a ticket for passing in a "no passing zone". (Forget the fact that was a bullshit ticket for a moment.)

Older street cop comes up to my drivers side window and APOLOGIZES for what an asshole his watch sargeant was (his words..) and explains to me that he has to write the ticket because he was ordered to. Watch Sargeant was maybe early 30's, older street cop my age (early 50's, guessing.)

The problem I have with ALOT of the younger cops is that they literally have NO SOCIAL skills and no problem solving skills whatsoever. Combine the two, and we have stories like the one at the top of this thread.

Most troubling for me, is my 17 year old son who wants to get into law enforcement as his career. (Sigh, I'm really trying to talk him out of it.)

As for me, every time I pass by the Palos Heights Police Department now, I get my revenge on watch sargeant George L. Yott. Anyone listening on their input freqency hears how I feel about what an asshole he is. (Never piss off a geek with electronics experience. We DO get even.)