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While I usually agree with your posts on here, this one I must take exception to. That was the Third Reich; it is not the German 'government' of today. Jerry Baumchen And most officers aren't the officers in Albuquerque. Both comparisons are equally ridiculous. I know the German government of today isn't the same. I felt perhaps pointing out a blanket generalization based on the actions of some radicals might exemplify the ridiculous nature of his comments. I didn't make that clear and that's my mistake. www.facebook.com/FlintHillsRigging

The constitution does in fact apply, without regard to it's age. The legal system of this country is based upon that document and the rights afforded by it. The beacon of hope for you however is that citizenship of this country is not compulsory and you have a choice. You can spout off about how "cops kill at an outrageous rate" and give all the reasons you want, but your statements are not backed by supportive evidence or reliable statistical data. Your statements have revealed a significant deficit on your part when it comes to actually understanding the laws and government of this country and your comparison of supporters of the constitution of the United States to radical muslims is nothing short of offensive. Every single member of the military has sworn to uphold the constitution of the United States and I don't think they would take too kindly to your comparison. The last of your statements I will address is your comparison to training in the military and law enforcement. Law enforcement is not trained in the same manner as the military. Yes some of us served in the military prior to serving in law enforcement. You have specifically stated that prior military service comes with an attitude people hate. In case you aren't aware (which you seem to be slightly out of touch with reality) military members work all kinds of jobs when they get out. Working in law enforcement is no different. Just because someone was trained to do a job in the military does not mean they are unfit for further employment. I served in the infantry. I was trained to kill enemies of the United States. That's what the infantry does. I have also worked for a satellite tv company. I didn't kill any of my customers. Clearly I was somehow able to overcome the brainwashing I must have received to be such an exception to the rule. I know prior military people who work in retail. They haven't murdered any customers either. In fact, now that I reflect on it, I don't know any prior military people who had an innate urge to kill just because of the training they received in the military. The police are not an occupying force. We come from the communities we serve. We have families that live in the communities we serve. We have children that go to the schools in the communities we serve. Most of us were born in this country and believe in what it stands for. I do find it interesting that you keep comparing the US law enforcement to that of Germany and keep saying we are so violent and murderous. Do you not see the irony of comparing the United States to a government which is responsible for the cold blooded murder of over 11 million people? That being said, I think I have had my fill of this conversation with you. Some people will argue until they are red in the face without ever actually doing objective research. Blue Skies www.facebook.com/FlintHillsRigging

In Oregon it is illegal to make an audio recording of anything any LEO says. The law/legislation ( the last that I knew ) had not caught up to make video recording illegal. Jerry Baumchen Yes and no. As far as I can tell from a very quick (but not exhaustive) search of Oregon statutes (I don't practice in Oregon), Oregon is one of many (i.e, not all) US states that criminalize the recording the audio of any conversation without all of the participants' advance consent. So it's not so much that recording a LEO as such is illegal, but that there is no exception carved-out of the law exempting someone when the person he's recording happens to be a LEO. (PS - there might be some states that do specifically prohibit recording LEOs, but I haven't searched for that, so I was only referring to Oregon.) That makes me wonder if the law can be applied when a person reasonably should have known they were being recorded. If that's the case, any officer with a dash-cam would argue they can legally record citizens during contacts because a citizen should reasonably know they are being recorded during an encounter with police. IF that is the case, then wouldn't it then be unreasonable for an officer to arrest someone for recording them if that same officer has a dash or body cam? After all, the incident is being recorded so what difference does it make how many angles there are? www.facebook.com/FlintHillsRigging

If your buddy has one you are in a good position to see the quality firsthand www.facebook.com/FlintHillsRigging

yea a new container will relax a little after it is broken in. You don't necessarily have to get the grommets to overlap. Some rigs are designed so the grommets don't overlap fully. Make sure you read the packing instructions for whatever container you are packing since they aren't all exactly the same. Something you may try is, rather than stuffing the material under the cocoon, lie on top of it to get the air out and flatten it. Then FOLD the ears underneath so the outside of the ears are folded toward, but not across the middle of the back of the pack job. Flatten it out and if necessary fold again to get more of the material under the packjob. Smooth the top of the cocoon toward the ring at the top. You should be able to reach under the top of the cocoon and grab material on both sides of the center to control the material with one hand. If the material is new and especially slippery, make the s fold at the top first. Slide that s fold into the bag. Use the bag to control the first fold while you work on the rest. S fold the bottom of the packjob into the bag with the lines in the middle of the packjob. Make sure the slider doesn't move and the lines stay tight. using the outside of the bag to control the material, grab the top of the bag and the top of the folds and roll toward the middle (where the lines exit) to get the material into the bag enough to close it. I hope that makes sense. If you are able to picture that and do it, it should help you to control a brand new, slippery canopy. Get the pro-pack down before you start psycho packing. Psycho packing is ok but it is a bagging method and you need to be able to propack properly before you start trying other things. www.facebook.com/FlintHillsRigging

Here's your murderous bunch after the fact... http://lm.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lawofficer.com%2Fvideo%2Fnews%2Fmontana-officer-overcome-after&h=ZAQGH9ohY&enc=AZMoZLmtljBduuCIbOGBv5Ugl-1aTRPYHY6uI_iaANUlcvq7RCYhRGe-RQDhYMY4kxRxEpXJvShM5mt4iY6IUzg2a5vvC9QCvJuyQ2YN5KtnlWUA6KNo40EelB4UuP9xvVeNuHlfc3dfc1wsBJcAWLp9&s=1 www.facebook.com/FlintHillsRigging

It's not an issue of volume. No matter how you pack the canopy will late up the same amount of space. The issue is with bulk distribution. A good pack job fills the corners of the d-bag and fills the tray as designed. www.facebook.com/FlintHillsRigging

Referencing all you know about me, which is limited to my posts here, what part of my attitude exactly do you not like? www.facebook.com/FlintHillsRigging

yea but a lot of smaller departments don't have those resources. The department I work for now doesn't have any public relations of any sort and command staff doesn't do it. The flip side is, we are part of our community. We live in our community and participate in events. People know us in the areas we work as both deputies and as people. I am the rare exception in that I don't live in the county where I work but I'm running for sheriff in the county where I live at the next election and I do know people here. People know me and my family. People know where I live. I'm not just some guy that shows up to be law enforcement over a community and then disappears after my shift. I like being part of the community I serve. www.facebook.com/FlintHillsRigging

Hmmmm. I don't recall ever killing anyone in my 11 years (and counting) in this job. In fact in the 4 agencies I have worked for, nobody I have ever worked with has killed someone in the course of their job and that equates to hundreds of officers over a combined hundreds of years of experience. I have worked with officers that were shot during their career though. I have been shot at during mine and yet none of us have taken a single life. I know one officer who shot someone that attacked him with a knife. The suspect died. I never worked with him and never worked for the same agency but I do know him. He fired one shot and suffered several cuts to his hands while actively defending himself. I guess I don't see the murderous nature you are referring to. I sincerely wish you the best though and would gladly risk my life to protect you if you called in your time of need. I don't know you but I support your right to freedom of speech. That's why I served in the Army Infantry and why I work law enforcement. This is a great country we have here. www.facebook.com/FlintHillsRigging

We do have a PR problem. Some of that is because the majority of us do stuff for our community all the time and to us it doesn't seem "above and beyond" or newsworthy. When doing good in your community is the modus operandi, you don't take the time to point it out to people. When you see news articles like this, it is usually because someone outside the agency notified the media. www.facebook.com/FlintHillsRigging

If there was a lawsuit and the city settled then we can assume that either the actions of the officers were wrong, or the city decided litigation would be more expensive than a small settlement and they settled rather than spending money defending themselves. I know where I work it's not a crime to record officers and this is a one party state when it comes to audio recording. I wonder, if they charged them for recording without the consent of both parties then does the department not have dash cams in their patrol vehicles? If so then it would seem they are using a "do as I say, not as I do" approach. I'm not ok with that. I think if things are recorded then it weeds out the bad officers when it is easier to see first hand that they are doing things they shouldn't be doing. It's not fiscally feasible, but I wish body cams were mandatory and that all encounters had to be recorded all the time. I have no problem being recorded doing my job and I pride myself on doing so with the utmost professionalism. I would rather work only with officers who do the same. www.facebook.com/FlintHillsRigging

I understand the point of view of the citizens. That's pretty easy for me because I'm not above the citizens I serve. I have conversations with people in my community and I understand that the majority of people are good. I don't go to work with a suspicion of everyone I see or an "us vs. them" mentality. Unfortunately a lot of people are buying into the anti-police movement. Not too long ago I was on patrol and clocked someone at 56 in a 40. I turned around to have a chat with them and they ducked into an apartment complex. When I pulled in I saw the car parked in a spot and the white male I observed driving it was walking away from it (refusing to look my direction) like nothing happened. Of course I stopped to talk to him and he was argumentative from the start. Told me he didn't have to provide me with ID because I had no right to stop him while he was walking. I insisted politely that he provide me with a driver license since I observed him driving and had stopped him for committing a traffic violation. I was very polite with the guy, but firmly insisted that he was required to provide his DL. He pulled out his wallet and handed me a plastic card from prepaid legal and told me to read it. It had some bullshit on it about how he knew his rights.....yada yada yada. After I handcuffed him and placed him in my car for refusing to provide his driver license and insurance upon lawful request (both arrestable misdemeanor offenses) I found the driver license he was refusing to provide to me. He was suspended of course which added a third charge. Honestly I would have taken him to jail either way. I gave him several opportunities to comply and do the right thing and he refused. His "I know my rights" attitude caused him to commit two misdemeanor offenses, all because he was a dick. It is one thing to know your rights but it's an entirely different thing to be a dick to police and refuse to do what you are told. If an officer is behaving unlawfully, I believe citizens should obey all commands and record the confrontation if possible. Deal with it later. If I were stopped and the officer was acting in an unlawful manner I would still follow all their commands and be non-confrontational because it really takes two people to escalate the situation most of the time. I have a VERY good understanding of the law and my rights but the side of the road is not the place to deal with it. My point is, I do understand the viewpoint of the citizens. I truly do. The real problem though is that it is more and more common for those that are buying into the us vs them media bullshit to think they are exercising their rights when they are really just making things worse and causing unnecessary tension. You can see it all over youtube where people video officers and intentionally cause conflict just to try to get the officer reacting unreasonably. Just google "sovereign citizen" and see what you find. We have one of those loony morons in my jurisdiction and it's a two deputy response any time we go to his house because they are dangerous. www.facebook.com/FlintHillsRigging

By "all those" how many incidents are you referring to? Obviously police don't arrest people for recording them far more than they did but I would be curious to know how many times this has happened. I have never arrested anyone for recording me nor have I ever seen it happen. I haven't even heard of it ever happening in either state I have been certified in. I would hesitate to base an opinion off just a news article since I have seen firsthand how they report the "facts" of cases where I have firsthand knowledge of the actual circumstances and the media almost never gets it right. I can't say in those cases the officers were right either and I won't defend their actions just because they wear a badge to work. The truth is you don't know for sure unless you know the circumstances as well as the laws pertaining to the case in that jurisdiction. I would caution you against forming an opinion just because it is the opinion one media outlet wants you to form. To more directly answer the question, I cannot speak to whether the officer was right or wrong without thoroughly investigating the circumstances so I don't know. I can only speak to what I do and what I have direct knowledge of. www.facebook.com/FlintHillsRigging

24 gallons per load? Dan that's a lotta gas! www.facebook.com/FlintHillsRigging

Are you selling them? If so how much? I use a cloverleaf reserve handle and knee plate which is exhausting after a while. I have one of the cheap cylinder tools with the rod that goes through it but I don't like it too much. www.facebook.com/FlintHillsRigging

I like that recess for the temp pin. That's a good addition. I want one! www.facebook.com/FlintHillsRigging

I have been trying to stay away from law enforcement related threads (or use of force) since all the increased hatred toward law enforcement has started. On this one I will say this: In 11 years in law enforcement I have worked with 1 officer that I felt had morality issues. I reported him immediately to the Chief and he was "voluntold" to seek new employment. I have no idea where he went after working for us but I have been told it's not in law enforcement. I have worked with a few lazy officers that would look for a way out of doing extra work, but not actually violate law or look the other way to cover for anyone. I personally would NEVER look the other way. I have pretty high standards for the officers I work with as well as for myself. I have always been able to come home at the end of the day and know that I did a good job. When I was a new officer I wrote a girl a ticket for having a clear plastic cover over her license plate. It is illegal to have a covering over the plate, even if it is transparent. This particular plastic cover was scratched and sun-faded and it made it somewhat difficult to read the plate. After I wrote the ticket I left that traffic stop feeling like I had done something wrong. It wasn't a violation that warranted a ticket. I called the girl and told her I was going to tear up the ticket but that she needed to take the cover off her plate. I still remember that and regret writing it because it was the singular moment in my career that I took enforcement action that I feel wasn't warranted, even if it technically met the statute. I have worked with some really great people. I have also worked with a few douches that I couldn't stand but could trust when it came to police work. Officers can be some of the funniest, most laid back people you will ever meet, but we currently live in a time when the media has perpetuated the image of the abusive officer who is above the law. People post on these threads and base their anti-LEO statements and arguments on the use of force cases they "know about" but the majority of the time it seems they are referring to the cases in the media. What they don't take into account is the media reports the minority of cases that they feel is entertaining. They then sensationalize the news stories to draw in viewers. The news articles online are no better than the buzzfeed click-bait bullshit links. "CNN Eclusive Report: This officer got out of his car and you won't believe what happens next" Of course nobody reports on the thousands upon thousands of officers that go to work every day and work an 8, 10, or 12 hour shift without a single use of force. Nobody would read that. The issues you typically see in which officers are legitimately doing wrong and others are looking the other way are usually a small group of officers within a large department. They have come up with their own code and they protect each other. Here's something you won't read in the news, other officers hate those guys even more than you do. They tarnish the reputation of all of us and degrade public trust that took years to build. The media has done a fantastic job of focusing on problems of a couple officers and leading their readers (or viewers) to believe it is a true reflection of the majority. For those of you who have expressed support and understanding that the majority of us are good people, I thank you. www.facebook.com/FlintHillsRigging

I'll sell you a KAP 3 AAD for only $1000. Been around a lot longer than the cypres. Just because a product has been around longer doesn't make it better. If that were the case, technology would never improve because nobody would buy the new products. There's a reason I'm typing on this Toshiba laptop instead of my old Headstart by Vendex desktop PC. Sometimes newer products are improvements on old designs and sometimes one manufacturer insists on sticking with something just because it's what they have always done. Successful businesses fail because of that mentality. I'm not saying the Cypres isn't a good product. It is. I just don't think it's fair to discount other AADs just because they are newer. www.facebook.com/FlintHillsRigging

People do this? www.facebook.com/FlintHillsRigging

The vector was my mother's rig. She died before I ever got the chance to jump with her. I had the harness replaced so I could jump her gear since it was sized too small for me. I have replaced the pc since I posted that. I have a raven I reserve in it but it is relegated to my 3rd rig and I rarely jump it. It is a safe and we'll maintained rig. If anyone needs the manual pm me. www.facebook.com/FlintHillsRigging

That's the thing that stands out to me most though is that even a master rigger is not required to maintain a record on what major repairs or alterations they do to a main so since the burden is on the FAA to prove it was done by someone who was not certificated and appropriately rated it truly is unenforceable...unless someone admitted to doing the modification directly to the FAA. www.facebook.com/FlintHillsRigging

We are lucky there is no 51% rule for parachutes the way there is for homebuilt aircraft. Nothing prevents you from manufacturing your own canopy from available subassemblies. You could, for example, manufacture a McOrdell-150 out of Stiletto-150 fabric (pre-sewn by PD) and a MEL line set. Mark Even better is the record requirements don't apply to modifications made to non certificated canopies, which means there is absolutely no way to prove or disprove that the work was done by a master rigger. "I can't remember his name now. He was recommended to me by a visiting jumper from Oregon. I spoke with him by phone and shipped the canopy to him but now I can't remember who he was." www.facebook.com/FlintHillsRigging

Yes, you're right. Anyone can be a manufacturer of main canopies, main deployment bags, main pilot chutes, etc. Mark correct...you just can't modify it if someone else made it www.facebook.com/FlintHillsRigging

So far I don't think there's been any argument...just a discussion. Like I already said...we all do it even though it's technically not allowed under regs. The great thing though is that participation in these discussions is not compulsory. Even if something has been discussed ad nauseum that doesn't mean everyone knows and they aren't going to search for something they don't know to look for. The original poster got the suggestion of slider mods and swapping sliders. The OP should understand what is allowed under regarding and be able to make their own choices as to whether to violate a reg, enforced or othwrwise. www.facebook.com/FlintHillsRigging