When I see a cop I think...

When I see a cop I think...

  • What a lazy waste

    Votes: 4 3.2%

  • What a gung-ho power hungry cop

    Votes: 22 17.6%

  • He's a well meaning but misguided schmoe

    Votes: 25 20.0%

  • Glad we have them

    Votes: 74 59.2%
  • Total voters
    125
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Hey Coronach!

An American cop who speaks German, likes Heinlein and appreciates good poetry? :confused:

Pisses me off! I mean... I mean... how'm I gonna keep my stereotypes intact, you pull s--t like that on me!!

Way back when I had the beard and the long hair... I didn't like 'em. 'Course way back then I was an anti-, too.

Today, mainly, I look at my speedometer, as already mentioned.

Thing that bothers me is all the unconstitutional laws we allow the politicians to shove us into the corner with. The cops get to enforce them ... and alienate us.

Unless you sing in the "...Give peace a chance...kumbaya... " chorus, you know that some humans are vermin. Without the cops (and the soldiers) where would we be?

"We sleep peacefully in our beds only because rough men stand ready to do violence in our behalf."

They don't call it the thin blue line for nothing, do they?

And anyhow I had Christmas dinner in a cop's house -- fantastic cheesecake! (My girlfriend's brother-in-law).

Matis

:D
 
Mostly I don't really pay any attention to cops unless they're on the road. Then, they just mostly piss me off. I think "revenue generators" at that point. When I'm told that I was pulled over at 2AM in the morning because the cops were "looking for drunk drivers" and then I'm given a speeding ticket, I have to wonder why I wasn't let go so the cop could look for real drunk drivers instead of wasting time with sober 'ole me.

I also don't get real happy when I'm pulled over and harrassed because my sister is in the car with me. "Huh?" you may say. That's what I said too. Apparently, since an old ex-girlfriend got a ticket in my car and never paid it, the cops can pull me over any time they feel like it when there is a woman in my car. The Supreme Court even said so! At least, that's what the cop told me as he winked at the cute girl he had with him for a ride-along.

Or when I'm yanked out of my car and cuffed and stuck in the back seat of a cop car because some dispatcher made a mistake and said I had a warrant without confirming it first. That was sure fun.

All that being said, I have several friends who are police officers and who I would trust my life with. Hell, I even had a Sheriff's deputy as a roommate for a while. I tend to distrust the job, not the person.
 
I also see cops as the solution to a problem that did not have to exist. Disarming of law-abiding citizens created the problem.
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I don't understand this at all. How is self-defense a substitute for law enforcement? Or maybe you think that you as an individual citizen should be able to flag someone down when they are driving recklessly and give them a stern warning?
 
Lots of bad cops, lots of good cops making bad decisions, lots of cops that shouldn't be cops and definately lots of cops that shouldn't be allowed to be cops. But I wouldn't trade places with any major city cop for any amount of money and I'm plenty glad that we have 'em. And I'd gladly vote to raise my city taxes $25 or $50 a month to hire a few more.
 
When I see a police person I think, "How fast am I going?"

I don't care if I'm standing in 7-11 or walking down the street.

Other than that I've rather have a cop around than a crack addict.
That didn't come out quite right I don't think, but I meant well.

John
 
I think of my grand dad that stood in a bank closet for a few weeks with a shot gun or a Thompson (cant remember) waiting for John Dillinger to show up to shoot him dead.

And I also ease up on the pedal a bit.
 
on foot - I feel comfortable with them around
in car - I reckon they are just looking for an excuse

maybe thats just my personal experience talking

A lot of the time I think the types of people who want to drive around in big, fast cars with a lot of firepower at their disposal ought to be disqualified from applying, and the people who don't want to be cops should be drafted in.
 
Actually, the cop I saw at McDonalds a few hours ago had me thinking "She's CUTE!"...
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lemme tell you something, every single female officer i have ever seen up here in anchorage, has been very attractive. i have not seen a local PD female officer that i wouldnt want to cuff me.
*did i just say that outloud?*
 
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Yanno, I have a few lady officers I work with that I definitely wanna play "strip search" with. :evil:
 
I distrust police and I feel I'm more likely to be hassled or abused by LEO's than I am by any criminal element.

I was raised to believe that cops are there to help citizens. I was misled.

Protect and serve.....I don't think so.

I have a two year old. I won't mislead him.

K22
 
better them than me.
Some jobs,,like "honey dipper",,window washer--'specially in the winter where high rises are involved,,,,Janet Reno's OB/GYN,, don't pay enough.
 
When I see a cop

Tough job buddy, better you than me.

I have issues with them but I still voted glad to have them.


Mike
 
Look guys 'n gals

We can criticize cops 'till the cows come home and I can probably outdo you at that game.

Among those the police (it wasn't just the Werhmacht and the SS, you know) rounded up throughout Hitler's Europe were my grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins. For a long time I lumped cops in with the SS. I'll never forget and I won't forgive.

But truth is nevertheless truth. We need cops for the same reason we need our guns Guns equalize, yes, but why is that necessary? When you answer that question, you'll know why we need cops -- same reason.

We have far too many laws and this in itself constitutes a tyranny. The law like anything else, can be and IS abused. But to comtemplate a civil, just society without ANY laws is quite absurd, because it misunderstands our nature.

Whoever wrote the Torah, G-d or the Jews (that "discussion" is truly endless), the commandments are there for a reason. We are exhorted not to steal because we would, otherwise. We are enjoined from committing MURDER (yes, that is what the commandment says in Hebrew -- there is NO commandment that says DO not KILL) because we would, otherwise and too many of us do, anyway.

To say that you or I wouldn't transgress these commandments, or in secular government, the laws, is to overlook the values already inculcated into us -- values based on the commandments and the laws. The United States was once a nation based on the rule of law and not of men. Without our guns and without laws we are back to the jungle it took us so long to climb out of. And without cops, who would enforce (even the few) laws?

It's no use, IMO, demonizing cops or thinking we don't need them. What we need is to control the law-making process and weed out bad cops.

Are some cops on a power trip? No doubt. But you can't have your cake and eat it, too. Would the non LEOs here like to be cops? Risk your life daily dealing with the scum of our society? And then be 2nd guessed by the bliss-ninnies (what a great term!) and the other 57 varieties of cop haters, who do their Monday morning quarterbacking from the safety of their living rooms?

It just ain't that simple.

Matis
 
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kinda depends on what they are doing when i see them.hiding in a driveway with their radar on,makes me think they are wasting time and the town must need more revenues.when i see them helping someone out or trying to fit in -in plain clothes at a range or shooting the bull at the gunshop,(ive heard the best jokes from off duty cops)its ok.if i look in my mirror and one is following me and running my plates(im reminded of this by friends asking me why my tags were run later)i question their reasoning.seems one hicktown barney fife thought i was some dope grower cause i had hay wrapped around my undercarriage of my car.irratating when people jump to conclusions and act without facts.
 
Spiffikins, I think you've just plumbed new depths of desperation!!! How long has it been, you poor fellow...???
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even though i'm not of your brand of faith, can i confess to you instead? *its been, umm, what day is today? tuesday? 72 hours.* :evil:
 
Mike Irwin wrote:

BEFORE ANYONE ASKS WHO VOTED FOR "LAZY WASTE," I did....

For a VERY specific reason.

Saw a cop this evening.

Had dinner with him and his wife.

He's DEFINITELY a lazy waste...

How about it, Mr. James? You know who I'm talking about!
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A late reply - yes, in fact, I just spent two hours with him in a pub downtown - on the Federal teat, no less. :D

Khornet: Amen, my friend, amen.
 
I didnt vote.

When I see a cop I think...

"I hope we can be friends." Or at least thats what I thought today when he pulled me over. He gave me a 4 point ticket for my front wheels being in front of the line at the light. (Where is my victim?) <sigh> indeed.

Anyhoo, he was very professional and nice about it. He didn't even freak out on me for exiting my vehicle and approaching him (to ask for a warning). He didn't tread on me, I didn't try to staple the Constitution to his forehead, no dogs killed, no fingers cut off, no weapons charges and no casulties except my families wallet.:(

(Hey NewLeaf, I didnt get away with it. You'd be proud!:D )

<sigh>
 
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