What Is Your General Opinion Of Police (Law Enforcement Officers) ??

[ChefChiTown]

Here is a good example of why police officers will always be viewed as being assholes...

Terrence Booker had planned to pick up his 13-year-old son, Trenton, from school Friday afternoon for a holiday weekend of family barbecues just weeks shy of the boy's 8th-grade graduation.

But he instead received a heartbreaking phone call in the middle of the night that his son had been killed in a hit-and-run collision while riding his bike with friends about 1:30 a.m. Friday after sneaking out of the house.

Later Friday, Chicago police acknowledged that an off-duty officer had struck Trenton on South Ashland Avenue with his car and then drove off.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-teen-hit-by-carmay23,0,6303146.story

The fact that the guy driving the car was a police officer had absolutely nothing to do with the story. Yet, the whole entire story focuses on how he was an off-duty cop. Why? What does that have to do with the story?

Answer: It has nothing to do with the story.

Yet, that's all that people will focus on. They are going to see that an off-duty police officer was invovled in a deadly hit and run and they are going to let it effect their view on ALL police officers and members of law enforcement. Even though his profession has nothing to do with the story (even if it did, he was off-duty and driving his own personal car), people are going to look at this story as yet another reason to hate cops.

What if he was an off-duty bank teller? Off-duty waiter? Off-duty Subway employee? Would the story be plastered with his profession then? No, it wouldn't be. Chances are, if he wasn't a police officer, you would have absolutely no idea what he did for a living because the news story (and all related stories) wouldn't even bother mentioning it at all.

:2 cents:

 

[Will E Worm]

Later Friday, Chicago police acknowledged that an off-duty officer had struck Trenton on South Ashland Avenue with his car and then drove off.

"That car tore him to pieces," Booker, 40, said outside the home of Trenton's mother, Barbara Norman. "He was dead when he hit the ground."

The officer hit and ran, that is hit the child and then drove off.

Just like the suspect that hit the other officer and the officer's friends kicked and beat the suspect.

The officer is supposed to act differently instead he drove off like a common criminal.

 

[Facial_King]

Ok, anyone else want to chime in? (I'm thinking newbies to FO or those who missed this thread the first time around...)

I'm gonna tap out my views at some point, hopefully soon...

 

[anomaly]

1) Bullied kids looking for revenge
2) Napoleonic Complex (little man syndrome)
3) Knocked up a a chick and needs a decent job
4) Express hatred toward specific ethnic group
5) Don't have to be a genius to get the job

 

[kristoflaw10]

I could relate some stories a friend on my local force has... but I'll just say that many of the idiots who reflect negatively on police have a high school mentality. Bullies, idiots, cliques, whatever... :2 cents:

 

[Member2019]

but I'll just say that many of the idiots who reflect negatively on police have a high school mentality

They are both on the side of law enforcement and on the other side of it. But the reality is that most in law enforcement learn, especially over time, the greater good and realities of their position. I would argue things early on are about naivity than general bully.

Most of the "bully" attitudes come from seeing people do stupid things, and some feel if they can guilt you into not doing them, they've done their job.

I have immediate family members in law enforcement. In all honesty, my family members are squeaky clean and deal with people who have various issues regularly. People are not perfect, and mistakes only make things worse.

It's difficult to find a mistake-free person. However, most people do have good intentions in mind. I keep that in mind whenever dealing with law enforcement. After all, confrontation only feeds more.

 

[nothingandless]

when i was younger i hated them, but then again i was a skateboarder and was constantly harrassed, and had a mouth on me. as ive goten older, and more mature, i think they're people just doing their job. treat them with respect, usually you'll get it back. ive dealt with cops A LOT in my life, not just for skateboarding.
people complain, "man these cops are always fucking with me, i got 6 tickets this year and spent thousands in court." the speed limit is posted, if you decide to break the law and get caught, be a man and deal with the consequences. its all your fault anyways. you decide to get drunk and drive, deal with the consequences. want to deal/use drugs and get caught? deal with it. if your wnadering around at 4am they have a responsibilty to stop and question you. it gets annoying, but eventually they get to know you. i know this because of my work schedule and my refusal to drive for so long. and i've been profiled as well, but there was an assault and robbery minutes prior by somebody that fit my description. sure i was pissed at the time, the cop was an asshole, but he had reason to be, for all he knew i was the violent offender.
lots of cops are dicks, but guess what, lots of people are dicks.

i hate cops, fuck authority. wa wa wa.

grow the fuck up.