I think it has more to do with dealing with ungrateful civilians and people who have no respect for them that turns older officers into who they are. And you're furthering the problem by having that attitude yourself... I'm not delusional to the situation because I have family members in LE, I'm just smart enough to realize that no cop is the same... as one poster put it, some do it for the paycheck, and others do it because they truly love their job. In the end, it is the cops who protect you every day, take away law enforcement, and lets see how safe you'd feel then... am I correct? Or, would you rather live in a lawless society?
That is a load of crap! If people treated these "older officers" ungratefully and with no respect, they would have the crap beat out of them...Better not let them see you filming the assault either. I sound really crass about pigs here, because I, like most, are shaking in my boots when forced to deal with them.
Ungrateful citizens...How many times do they get thanked and told to have a nice day after writing a ticket, out of intimidation...I bet they joke about this...
No sir, they act like pigs because of the awesome power a man feels when carrying a gun...and as for some doing it out of a love of the job....now there is a motherfucker to watch out for!
As for the
feeling of safety I would lose if there were no, or at least many fewer cops...are you kidding me? If someone kicked in my door right now, and assaulted me...What the hell would the cops do? I am a couple of blocks from the pigpen, and the criminal would be long gone before cop 1 showed up to do his duty...write a report. That is if I was stupid enough to reach for the phone, rather than a weapon...beat the invader with receiver while waiting on 911 hold?
If people want (real) protection and security (as opposed to a
feeling of security), they MUST, as it has always been, take that responsibility themselves...settling contract disputes, printing money, and possibly maintaining a militia...beyond that is tyranny.
An organized police force makes a community categorically less safe because we have taken our very well being and placed it in the hands of strangers...what good are locks on the door of an unarmed house?
"Better to have all citizens participate in the suppression and punishment of crime---and share in the moral responsibility---than turn the job over to some quasi-criminal type (or hero) in a uniform with a tin badge on his shirt." ~Edward Abbey
Yes sir, taking away law enforcement would make me feel safer. I do not fear random crime, but I do fear jack booted thugs (with badges) kicking in my door. The hesitation that this possibility brings, makes me much less safe, in my own home, from the criminal with or without his badge.
I say go tell capt o'maley that you smoke cannabis to see just what kind of cop he is...for the paycheck...or the love of the job.
Like everyone else...dead man
still walking....actually sitting, and later I will be lying down. Save your threatening tough guy talk for when you get out of the academy...keep it off my RIU page! (reference to the negative rep left for me and others from this thread with the comment "Dead man walking", a refernce to crime, punishment, and the death penalty...mine evidently)
... so the nopd wouldnt hassle you for no reason??
