Police work or Eharmony???

[Rowdy]

Don't get me started on anything to do with Police...

[mr.jaynes]

quote:Originally posted by Keith

I think there's a certain element of people who are attracted to the law enforcement field.  These people are the guys who were always the ones being bullied back when they were in grade school, or they were the bullies themselves. And I've actually known of several guys I went to high school with who totally fit this profile and went on to become police officers.  

The kids who were bullied want to be cops so that they can take out their anger on the rest of the world, and the bullies, who were always mean little control freaks anyway, they just want to be cops so that they can carry on their hateful ways.   Just my theory.  

I agree that there is a certain profile attracted to various lines of work, that various personality types are more inclined to various occupations. Look at the types who go to work for the FBI or the IRS or the ATF (and I'd met a few of each), and it proves the point very well.  

As for policework, it all depends, I think, on the locale. In New Orleans, we all have a pretty good idea the types that go in for law enforcement jobs (and who are the ones more likely to be breaking the law even as they are enforcing it). In somewhere like Oklahoma, and not in Broken Arrow (an old and very dear friend of mine, an old hand on the force there, is someone whom I can vouch for in terms of integrity, as well as most-if not all-of his colleagues), but in places such as Coweta or Wagoner and smaller locales, the power-trips and potential for corruption is definitely higher.

TPD, I don't know about. While in Oklahoma, I'd heard conflicting tales about the TPD, all depends who you talk to. Some will swear up and down about how honest a force it is, while I'd met others who will claim that the TPD is as corrupt as the day is long.

On the last score, I'd heard about a few officers who, on the North Side of Tulsa, allegedly were into drug-running and also supposedly ran prostitutes, and supposedly one of them was shot in the line of duty by someone he had done business with. The death of that officer was something that made the news all over the country: I'd learned about it from watching the news down in New Orleans, called a fellow cosmetologist friend of mine back in Tulsa, who told me more about the shooting and some of the rumors surrounding it and the other officers supposedly into that sort of thing. Then again, my friend (whom I love dearly) is a bit of a gossip who doesn't tend to filter the information before they relay it to others.

That said, I have to say that this kind of corruption (if it's true) would have been on the front page of every paper and news outlet in the country. So I don't know what to believe.

[Breadburner]

quote:Originally posted by NellieBly

quote:Originally posted by tulsa_fan

Boy, cops just can't win, huh?  They are either too rude, or when they are friendly, they are accused of flirting and hitting on someone.  Do you really assume everytime a man is smiling "really big" he's flirting?

I don't see anything wrong with that car stop or how he acted.  I really even doubt that the officer saw enough of her to think she was cute enough to pull over for just that reason.  Now, a open convertable, with a tank top, maybe, but a Expedition, not a man magnet car.

He told her he had seen her drive by a couple of times and he absolutely pulled her over for nothing. If she feels like he is flirting then he was. She's not stupid and she knows flirting when she sees it. This situation took it past just friendly. A warning for what -- give me a break. He needs to be doing his job not trolling for hot chicks.

Post a pic and we will see if she is hot or not...

[sportyart]

I think cops in Tulsa are taking things to lightly at times. Take for instance the following pictures. One showing a cop parked illegally in a no parking zone for a couple a days (I drive this street daily), and a sheriff deputy parking his car in my buildings parking garage. I am sure the bad guys can see it several floors up and know to keep away []

[mr.jaynes]

quote:Originally posted by Keith

I think there's a certain element of people who are attracted to the law enforcement field.  These people are the guys who were always the ones being bullied back when they were in grade school, or they were the bullies themselves. And I've actually known of several guys I went to high school with who totally fit this profile and went on to become police officers.  

The kids who were bullied want to be cops so that they can take out their anger on the rest of the world, and the bullies, who were always mean little control freaks anyway, they just want to be cops so that they can carry on their hateful ways.   Just my theory.  

I'm not saying all cops are like this.  I've met some great people who work in law enforcement.
But your experience on Harvard, now that's just flat out ridiculous.

With that in mind, there is a certain swaggering going on with many of the smaller town law enforcement: give them a badge, and everybody's fair game.

[runderwo]

As stupid as it is, he could have given you the speeding ticket and you wouldn't have been able to fight it, if he claimed that matching your rolling speed was the method used.  Even though the entire stop was clearly some dude taking out his bad day on you, you could have been on the hook for it.  Anytime I come away clean from a traffic stop, I don't have too much to complain about... [xx(]