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Re: Cops: Can't Live With Them, Can't Live Without Them
JamieYanak@oai.org (Jamie Yanak) writes...
>msw5513@vms2.tamu.edu (Gumby) wrote:
>> Come on, give them a break. Aside from the Untouchables, just about every
>> cop broke the law they were supposed to be enforcing. They are human.
>It's good to see that someone is sticking up for me around here,
>well, sort of...I think:)
I can't give outright compliments to anyone I don't know. Cops are people.
No people are perfect. Cops are just trying to do a job. They can't help
if someone disagrees with a law they are enforcing, they still have to do
their job. (is that better? :-)
>> I speed all the time and have gotten away with it.
>Yes, but when you finally do get a ticket, will you look at it as fair
>considering all the times you didn't get caught? Even if you think the
>ticket was wrong?
Oh, I keep it at a speed where it won't go on my record. I have been stopped
enough, but I have been lucky not to get a ticket. (it is amazing how nice
cops can be if you tell them the truth and show a little respect :-)
>> What makes you think
>> the cops are the only ones with Glocks? :-)
>Good point. Another reason excuses for speeding don't always go over/are
>excepted politely. Old saying: "No such thing as a routine traffic stop."
>You never know who it is your stopping for speeding.
I've packed a firearm illegally. I chose my law violations carefully, and
I always know exactly when I am violating a law. I am aware of the
consequences, and I am prepared to face them. (don't do the crime if you
can't do the time :-)
>At times it can have a definate affect upon your adrenaline levels. Like
>when your running traffic at 3:00am, all the other cars in your zone are
>tied up on calls (meaning no back-up for you darling!), and a store was
>just robbed 15 minutes ago. When all of a sudden, a car comes flying down
>the road past you at 75mph, with no plates on it. *wonderfull* You catch
>up, get it stopped, and have the honor of walking that (very long 20 feet)
>up to their window (all the time wondering when someone may pop up from
>the back seat, and point something at you *NOT THEIR FINGER EITHER*)...
I'd love to have a job where I am supposed to hunt down people who have or
are committing a violent crime. Sneaking up on an armed person, high on
crack, and yelling "FREEZE!!" Ooh, how I envy you.
>Only to discover its some fool, who's temporary tag fell down from the
>back window.
D'oh!
>Of course, he has no idea why you don't beleive him/want to discuss it,
>when he says "Uhh, really ossifer, I have to go to the bathroom, I didn't
>realize I was going so fast, Are you sure your radar guns right, I was
>just blowing the carbon out of my engine, It was that other car you must
>have got us confused, I just came from the car-wash and was trying to dry
>it off,...*Or, would you beieve...*
>etc,etc, etc...
Gee, I always get out of mine. "Yes officer, I was speeding. I am on my
way home. Yes, Dallas, as it says on the license. Yes sir, I'll keep it
under 65. Thank you." And a warning for 76 was issued.
Marc
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