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In Defense of Cops

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I (figuratively speaking) beat up on cops a lot, not because I dislike all of them, just some of them. So, I thought I'd post something interesting that I found on the web yesterday....


FROM: http://www.copswritingcops.com/know.html


What cops would like the public to know.....

When you see an emergency vehicle behind you with its lights and sirens on, pull to the RIGHT, and Stop. We are usually required to pass cars on the left.

When you’re driving in the fast lane and you see a cop behind you, don’t go 5 mph under the speed limit. We are not impressed by how safe of a driver you can be, we’re trying to go help someone (or catch that guy in the SUV that just cut you off). Safely move over and let us pass please.

If you get a warning instead of a ticket from a motorcycle cop, go buy a lottery ticket, because you’ve already beaten the odds.

When you see an officer conducting a traffic stop, or with a suspect in handcuffs, it is generally not a good idea to approach him and ask for directions. If you do, don’t expect the officer to be nice when he tells you to get lost, and don’t expect the officer to take the time to explain.

If you think you can fan all the pot smoke out of the car before we smell it, good luck.

We know you’ve had more than 2 beers. When I’ve had two beers, I didn’t hit six parked cars or drive my car through the front doors of a Toys-R-Us, pissed my pants, or passed out at a traffic light.

Here’s how to get out of a ticket. don’t break the law.

If you drive a piece of crap, that is why you’re getting pulled over.

In one week I pulled over 40 cars for minor equipment violations.
12 out of 40 had no vehicle insurance.
7 out of 40 had suspended driver’s licenses.
4 out of 40 had warrants.
1 out of 40 had felony warrants.
1 was a known sex offender with his 12 year old niece in the car
20 were let go with verbal warnings

If you’ve just been pulled over doing 70 in a 35, do not greet the officer with “what seems to be the problem, officer”.

We get coffee breaks too, and sometimes we run into stores and do some shopping during them.

When you’re the victim of a burglary, take the time you spend waiting for the officer to find the model #‘s and the serial #‘s of the stuff that was taken.

Some cops are just jerks, but take heart in the fact that other cops don’t like them either.

If it’s nighttime! and you re driving a vehicle with tinted windows and I pull you over, it’s not because of your skin color. I usually can’t tell if the vehicle even has a driver until the windows rolled down.

Every time you hear on the news about people running away from a crazed gunman, someone’s son or daughter in a police uniform is running TOWARD that crazed gunman.

Yes it’s true, cops usually don’t give other cops tickets. Think of it as an employee discount, perk or benefit. Other Cops are family and you wouldn’t give your brother a ticket if you were a cop either

If your local police agency has a helicopter everyone knows it’s loud and annoying, but did you know it can cover the same area as 15-20 patrol officers, and safely chase criminals that are driving 90 MPH through city streets. Many times the guy has no idea it’s there and slows down.

Your 5 year old kid getting pushed down by another 5 year old kid is NOT a police matter; talk to the other kid’s parents, not the police.

If your kid won’t do his homework or do his chores, 911 is not the answer for a uniformed parent.

Police work is...writing reports.

If you rob a gas station you’re only going to get $20, but I get to see a K-9 dog use your arm as a chew toy. For all I care you can keep the $20.

In 1 year of patrol work in a large city only about 10 minutes would be cool enough to be on the television show! COPS. But if COPS was about report writing and accident reports each show would be a year long.

Every traffic stop could end in gunfire, but we have to be polite and professional until that time.

I’ve taken about the same amount of men and women to jail for domestic violence, so NO, it’s not always the man.

People love firefighters. (God made policeman so firefighters could have heros too)

If you find crack pipes in the ladies purse, there is a good chance they belong to her.

If the light was yellow, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.

Cops know you pay taxes and that your taxes pay cops’ salaries. Cops also pay taxes, which also pay cops’ salaries so, hey, this traffic stop is on me. Now sign here, press hard; there are five copies.

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

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If you drive a piece of crap, that is why you’re getting pulled over.

I'm glad Im not breaking this law. Wouldnt want to give probable cause.




Sure hope whoever wrote that didn't mean that they would pull a car over just because it's a piece of crap. If so, he or she should be tazed nonstop for at least an hour, then fired.

What I thought he meant was that a typical cop might normally look the other way if there is a license plate light out, for example. But if the car all trashed and full of trashy-looking people, he might do a stop.

Years ago I rode with a buddy who was a county sheriff, and he pointed to a car in front of us and said "betcha' a beer the have warrants". My response was that he was full of shit, but the car did look like it was owned and driven by WT. Anyway, they had some minor equipment violation, so he pulled them over. Driver had one extraditable, and one non-extraditable warrant and some other shit going on. My buddy let them go with a warning.

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

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so being broke is now probable cause to check people out for other crimes? some people simply have a hard time in life and yet not living up to some pre-determined standard of life makes them suspects....
god do we have a fucked up legal system...and people still wonder why we do not like nor trust cops in general....

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Yes it’s true, cops usually don’t give other cops tickets. Think of it as an employee discount, perk or benefit. Other Cops are family and you wouldn’t give your brother a ticket if you were a cop either



Not necessarily true. My Father issued himself a ticket on at least one occasion. (He backed into or over something of some sort.) And he always took a small amount of pleasure in issuing tickets to people who had FOP stickers next to their license plates.

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Yes it’s true, cops usually don’t give other cops tickets. Think of it as an employee discount, perk or benefit. Other Cops are family and you wouldn’t give your brother a ticket if you were a cop either



If you are a cop that doesn't give other cops tickets ... then don't expect me to respect you when you are giving me a ticket.
"That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch

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so being broke is now probable cause to check people out for other crimes? some people simply have a hard time in life and yet not living up to some pre-determined standard of life makes them suspects....
god do we have a fucked up legal system...and people still wonder why we do not like nor trust cops in general....




I am not a cop. I don't fucking trust cops, either. I stay the fuck away from them.

I could have edited the stuff out of the post that I disagree with, but I still think it was best quoted verbatim.

The cop (I assume it was a cop) didn't claim that being broke and driving a shitty car was "probable cause...".

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

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