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baseracer

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Have you ever been in any kind of warrant action (breaking down doors, quickly searching the house?)
 

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ace_of_something said:
Actually the quota thing is an urban myth. No department has such a thing as that would break union contracts. Sounds like the cops in your area must have a lot of accidents or speeding to deal with as they usually go toward problem areas with that kind of gusto. The end of the month thing is probably just when they do schedualed sweeps. Like when on a certain day of the month they post extra men in a problem neighborhood except it's on the streets you drive on.

Stationing at the bottom of a hill is just stupid and unfair though.
I know I am probably a bias source, especially since I spent a good amount of my teenage years antagonizing the police, but I could tell you stories for days about the corruption that went on with in the Eden Prairie PD about 6 years ago. Well...at least before the new police chief took over. He seems like he knows his shit (for $120k/yr, he better). The speed trap stuff isn't as big of a problem as it once was, and neither is the fraudulent use of pro sports players' credit cards. haha
 

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If by some way you find out the person you pulled over is in the military do you cut them some slack. My father is in the military and he has mastered the trick of "acidently" dropping his military ID when he goes for his drives license.
 

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coxafloppin said:
How often do you play good cop, bad cop?
It works a lot better than you think it would. I usually had to do the bad cop because of my size. (Even though I was a much nicer guy than my partner.) Though when real cops do it it's much more subtle. One offers you water the other one asks all the questions.

baseracer said:
Have you ever been in any kind of warrant action (breaking down doors, quickly searching the house?)
I used to work vice so a lot more often than I care to admit but usually all I did was brief the swat team and watch them do their thing. It's a lot scarier than you'd think. Especially since there is always ALWAYS other people besides the perp inside.
 

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My favourite thread. It is reborn! I suppose I should ask something this time...

Has your name ever lead to any interesting/amusing outcomes while in the line of duty with a suspect of fellow officer?

I thought that's not to bad considering your named after the god of thunder 'n' all. (I better have the right person here...)
 

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Guitar Gamer said:
how normal is it for someone to ask you what seems to be the officer: problem? what seems to be the problem officer? every instance that I have heard or seen the person pulled over says that
It's usually only middle aged middle classed white folks that say that. Something about that phrase has always 'grinded' me wrong though. I must prefer a simple 'hello sir'. It is better than 'why the fuck did you pick me!?' that some people give. Such rudeness does not go over well for them usually.
sooooooo don't piss the officer off......right *jots down on note pad*
and what is the worse cop police officer related insult that you have benn called
 

mlkjhgfds

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How often do your morals/common sense conflict with your job?

I know obeying orders is part of the formation and all, but it pisses me off to no end when people pull the "just doing my job", "just following orders" line.

How are people supposed to treat cops like humans when they're allowed and asked to behave like robots...
 

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The87Italians said:
what kind of training did you have to go through to become an officer?
it's 14 weeks of intense training 50 hours a week. Tests, protocol, law knowledge, emergency preparedness, self defense, getting hit alot, and running. Lots and lots of running. For being a C/O it's much less intense it's mostly behavior management, verbal judo (the art of getting someone to do what you want by making them feel like they're in control) and of course self defense and sprinting training.


Shadow of The East said:
Have you ever used dogs? If so, how effective did you find them?
I have never been a dog handler though I've seen them used many times as I used to work Vice. They are incredibly effective at finding narcotics though most dogs are trained to find ONE type either cocaine, mj, some departments have dogs that can sniff out gunpowder (bullets) in the ATF. (who i worked with a couple times) even better are the attack dogs. You'll have chased a perp for miles and miles to have him hiding in a ditch with brush. You know he's got a gun.
"Come out or we'll shoot!"
"Fuck you!" (here he may or may not fire his gun)
the same guy
"Come out or we're sending the dogs in!"
you than see his gun fly out of the brush and on to the ground and he comes out with his hands behind his head saying "no dog! no dog!"

Me? I think i'd rather be (non-fatally) shot than have the dogs on me. So I can't say I blame them.
 

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mlkjhgfds said:
How often do your morals/common sense conflict with your job?

I know obeying orders is part of the formation and all, but it pisses me off to no end when people pull the "just doing my job", "just following orders" line.

How are people supposed to treat cops like humans when they're allowed and asked to behave like robots...
I've tried to answer this three times but the escapist keeps eating my post!

1. Common sense often, it is a government job after all. Mostly in the form of pointless paperwork or needlessly complicated paperwork.

3. 'just doing my job' is more to remind the people you're talking to that it's not personal. You are arresting/ticketing them because they broke the law and it's your job to do as such. It's not because you hate them or anything like that. And sometimes you ARE following orders. The Lt. at the staff meeting says. "We've been getting a lot of complaints about barking dogs. We need to ticket every barking dog call we get if it's confirmed" So you write tickets without giving warnings. People get mad and say "why are you being a dick!?" ... "It's not personal ma'am, I'm just following my orders"
 

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ace_of_something said:
Hate to copy the idea but the asking a Christian and asking a black guy threads were neat so I figured I?d throw mine out there for you.
My qualifications for answering your questions are a BS in the topic of criminal justice, 4 1/2 years of experience on a police force, a brother who is a deputy (they are different) and I am currently working in corrections and have been for about a year and half.

To answer the first obvious question, I?m not a police officer anymore because I was injured off duty, which did not qualify me for a desk job unless you have at least 5 years of seniority? and since it caused nerve damage to my left hand I was unable to pass the yearly marksmanship test. If you want more to the story you?ll have to ask.

You can ask me questions like, things you want to know about police behavior, jail, things about the system. My knowledge from experience is strictly American, but I do have a small amount of knowledge academically of other countries (really small).

edit: and i don't think i should have to say this but... keep it civil please.

edit: got my masers in sociology and a BS in psych now.
Thoughts on vigilantism.
Do you ever wish someone would go around wasting criminals,ie saving taxpayers money on jails,rehabilitation etc.
Have you ever had anyone locked up for mainly killing crims?
 

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Given your experience, did you ever take part in any drug busts? I ask this as a citizen who has had this happen on his street (I was either at school or asleep when it happened, though. The majority of the things I saw about it were filmed in daylight on the news).
 

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McCa said:
My favourite thread. It is reborn! I suppose I should ask something this time...

Has your name ever lead to any interesting/amusing outcomes while in the line of duty with a suspect of fellow officer?

I thought that's not to bad considering your named after the god of thunder 'n' all. (I better have the right person here...)
When I tackled someone a lot of people would phrase it as "dropping the Thor Hammer" or "Mjölnering" if they could pronounce the word. When we're assigned patrol you usually get the same car every day; so car number 78 became my 'chariot' which i claimed had 175 'goat power'.

We have fun.