What do you think of cops

Seriously the other night i was driving home and i saw 4 police cars not even 2 minutes apart from eachother. two each in same locations. Don't police have better things to do than waste tax paper dollars just sitting on there butts? and just getting people for speeding.

On another not my 17 year old sister got a ticket for driving 10 mph over speed limit she was going down the hill. so now she has to take a class seriously what about the rest of the people who break the rules and laws? that they can CLEARY SEE. yet sit on there butts and DO NOTHING. cops love to harrsed young people applenty its all about the "money" they get enough of my money.

Cops are more important than you give 'em credit for. American cops though... Maybe not.

Sometimes they go a bit over-board, but some are just going to do that.

Its a tough job so I have respect for most of them.

I respect them it's a dangerous jobDarthkaiser

People seem to hate till they need them.

Anyways, I like cops. They keep order in society.

Cops are more important than you give 'em credit for. American cops though... Maybe not.

DmadFearmonger

Some I respect others because they might work a bad area but others I don't especially ones that are in a small town that has no crime.

I think that tv shows and movies often make them look useless. For example, Die Hard. I know John McClane is a cop, but he's all renegade so it doesn't count.Every other cop isn't doing anything helpful, and most die pretty quickly after encountering a bad guy. Then the FBI comes and tells them not to interfere.

While I don't agree that your sister should have gotten a ticket for speeding down a hill (that's probably one of the most dangerous spots to be going too fast, but it happens), having cops out looking for people speeding is necessary, otherwise why would we keep to speed limits if we wouldn't get caught? I'm planning on marrying somebody who is going to become a cop, so I guess I can't hate cops. There's bad ones and good ones, but I like to think most of them are in it to help people.XilePrincess

they sit there and hide and they know student speed. im not saying she was right but seriously there other people who are doing speeding and crimes... if you go down near where my mom and sister live the road is 30-35mph and yet cars go by like its 50-55mph. yea.... serioulsy i think they can let some kids go fast once in awhile. My sister thinks my dad going to bail her out with money. :roll:

I hate staties. Nothing against local cops, though.Dark__Link

at this point state police to me in this state (new hampshire) are 500 times better than any local cops down here.

Think about all the things that didn't happen to you today; you didn't get raped, run over by a reckless driver, robbed, or murdered. Thank your local law enforcement for that; or maybe you'd rather live in a place like Somalia where law enforcement is nonexistant.RBerry82

oh so cause something illegal didn't happen to me today i should like them? who said there was anything like that down in this area from teh start? and yet you have no clue what i have delt with and dealing with.

Yes, because somebody cracked down on your sister means they aren't doing their job elsewhere.

There's something called a radio that allows us to be informed of situations and then respond. Believe it or not we can't be everywhere at once!

Yes, because somebody cracked down on your sister means they aren't doing their job elsewhere.

There's something called a radio that allows us to be informed of situations and then respond. Believe it or not we can't be everywhere at once!

airshocker

[QUOTE="RBerry82"]Think about all the things that didn't happen to you today; you didn't get raped, run over by a reckless driver, robbed, or murdered. Thank your local law enforcement for that; or maybe you'd rather live in a place like Somalia where law enforcement is nonexistant.rcafan

oh so cause something illegal didn't happen to me today i should like them? who said there was anything like that down in this area from teh start? and yet you have no clue what i have delt with and dealing with.

I'm planning on marrying somebody who is going to become a cop, so I guess I can't hate cops.XilePrincess

I'm not keen on cops but still I think it's right that your sister got done for speeding. Being 10mph over the speed limit is not 'a mistake'.

Even going downhill.

[QUOTE="Dark__Link"]I hate staties. Nothing against local cops, though.rcafan

at this point state police to me in this state (new hampshire) are 500 times better than any local cops down here.

Wait, I take that back. I was on I-90 one day, and this fat girl screamed past me in some POS car. About 5 minutes later, I passed a statie sitting on the median... rounded the corner going about 15 mph over, and he immediately pulled out onto the road, so I thought I was f***ed, but he went right past me, and another 5 minutes later, I passed him again, after he had pulled over the fat girl.... on the f***ing offramp to the rest stop McDonald's that she was trying to go to. Nearly died laughing..

Being pulled over for going over the limit just a little is BS, when half the time I see idiots racing down my neighbourhood and circling around my cul-de-sac or whatever.

But otherwise, if I see somebody just asking for it and getting pulled over/arrested, I think, "Good."

I hate staties. Nothing against local cops, though.Dark__Link

at this point state police to me in this state (new hampshire) are 500 times better than any local cops down here.

I know some really cool cops man

I'm not keen on cops but still I think it's right that your sister got done for speeding. Being 10mph over the speed limit is not 'a mistake'.

Even going downhill.

MissLibrarian

I've only seen staties doing one of two things: sitting on the median with their radar guns out, or barreling down the highway at 100 mph (without their sirens on). Never seen a single one do anything useful.Dark__Link

You do know that highway patrol is only a single area of the State Troopers' mission, right?

Most have special task forces ranging anywhere from drugs, to computer crimes. There's a common misconeption that shows the FBI coming and handling high-profile cases when it's actually the State Police, so long as it's not a federal crime.

[QUOTE="rcafan"]

[QUOTE="RBerry82"]Think about all the things that didn't happen to you today; you didn't get raped, run over by a reckless driver, robbed, or murdered. Thank your local law enforcement for that; or maybe you'd rather live in a place like Somalia where law enforcement is nonexistant.RBerry82

oh so cause something illegal didn't happen to me today i should like them? who said there was anything like that down in this area from teh start? and yet you have no clue what i have delt with and dealing with.

Seriously the other night i was driving home and i saw 4 police cars not even 2 minutes apart from eachother. two each in same locations. Don't police have better things to do than waste tax paper dollars just sitting on there butts? and just getting people for speeding.

On another not my 17 year old sister got a ticket for driving 10 mph over speed limit she was going down the hill. so now she has to take a class seriously what about the rest of the people who break the rules and laws? that they can CLEARY SEE. yet sit on there butts and DO NOTHING. cops love to harrsed young people applenty its all about the "money" they get enough of my money.

rcafan

Well then, I guess your sister shouldn't have been speeding. Try asking HER why she had to make a cop waste his time writing her a speeding ticket when that cop shouldv'e been able to spend his time doing more important things.

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[QUOTE="Dark__Link"]I hate staties. Nothing against local cops, though.Dark__Link

at this point state police to me in this state (new hampshire) are 500 times better than any local cops down here.

where did i ever say it was a mistake i said what my sister did was not right. but seriously there other people going 20 times faster. and getting away with it.

[QUOTE="rcafan"]

Seriously the other night i was driving home and i saw 4 police cars not even 2 minutes apart from eachother. two each in same locations. Don't police have better things to do than waste tax paper dollars just sitting on there butts? and just getting people for speeding.

On another not my 17 year old sister got a ticket for driving 10 mph over speed limit she was going down the hill. so now she has to take a class seriously what about the rest of the people who break the rules and laws? that they can CLEARY SEE. yet sit on there butts and DO NOTHING. cops love to harrsed young people applenty its all about the "money" they get enough of my money.

MrGeezer

Well then, I guess your sister shouldn't have been speeding. Try asking HER why she had to make a cop waste his time writing her a speeding ticket when that cop shouldv'e been able to spend his time doing more important things.

why is he hiding from the damn start? :| don't sit there and bs me when i cleary stated what my sister did was WRONG. READ. i am talking more than one thing. geeze and there other people going 20-30 times faster than going 10mph over the speed limit.

where did i ever say it was a mistake i said what my sister did was not right. but seriously there other people going 20 times faster. and getting away with it.

rcafan

Do you have proof that there were other people going much faster driving alongside your sister and the police singled her out specifically?

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at this point state police to me in this state (new hampshire) are 500 times better than any local cops down here.

where did i ever say it was a mistake i said what my sister did was not right. but seriously there other people going 20 times faster. and getting away with it.

why is he hiding from the damn start? :lrcafan

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[QUOTE="rcafan"]

Seriously the other night i was driving home and i saw 4 police cars not even 2 minutes apart from eachother. two each in same locations. Don't police have better things to do than waste tax paper dollars just sitting on there butts? and just getting people for speeding.

On another not my 17 year old sister got a ticket for driving 10 mph over speed limit she was going down the hill. so now she has to take a class seriously what about the rest of the people who break the rules and laws? that they can CLEARY SEE. yet sit on there butts and DO NOTHING. cops love to harrsed young people applenty its all about the "money" they get enough of my money.

rcafan

Well then, I guess your sister shouldn't have been speeding. Try asking HER why she had to make a cop waste his time writing her a speeding ticket when that cop shouldv'e been able to spend his time doing more important things.

why is he hiding from the damn start? :| don't sit there and bs me when i cleary stated what my sister did was WRONG. READ. i am talking more than one thing. geeze and there other people going 20-30 times faster than going 10mph over the speed limit.

[QUOTE="Dark__Link"][QUOTE="rcafan"]

at this point state police to me in this state (new hampshire) are 500 times better than any local cops down here.

rcafan

where did i ever say it was a mistake i said what my sister did was not right. but seriously there other people going 20 times faster. and getting away with it.

[QUOTE="Dark__Link"][QUOTE="rcafan"]

at this point state police to me in this state (new hampshire) are 500 times better than any local cops down here.

rcafan

where did i ever say it was a mistake i said what my sister did was not right. but seriously there other people going 20 times faster. and getting away with it.

So...what are you saying? Are you simply complaining that your sister happened to be one of the few people who was caught?

[QUOTE="Dark__Link"]I've only seen staties doing one of two things: sitting on the median with their radar guns out, or barreling down the highway at 100 mph (without their sirens on). Never seen a single one do anything useful.airshocker

You do know that highway patrol is only a single area of the State Troopers' mission, right?

Most have special task forces ranging anywhere from drugs, to computer crimes. There's a common misconeption that shows the FBI coming and handling high-profile cases when it's actually the State Police, so long as it's not a federal crime.

[QUOTE="rcafan"]

[QUOTE="Dark__Link"] I've only seen staties doing one of two things: sitting on the median with their radar guns out, or barreling down the highway at 100 mph (without their sirens on). Never seen a single one do anything useful.Dark__Link

where did i ever say it was a mistake i said what my sister did was not right. but seriously there other people going 20 times faster. and getting away with it.

I meant more in context of my day-to-day interactions with them.Dark__Link

Highway patrol is a boring, a**, job. I augmented the local State Trooper detachment and it SUCKED.

It has to be done, though.

20-30 times faster than 10 over thespeed limit? So they were driving down the street at over 200-300 Mph? Was she driving on a NASCAR track?

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I was about to mention this. :lol:

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[QUOTE="MrGeezer"]

Well then, I guess your sister shouldn't have been speeding. Try asking HER why she had to make a cop waste his time writing her a speeding ticket when that cop shouldv'e been able to spend his time doing more important things.

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why is he hiding from the damn start? :| don't sit there and bs me when i cleary stated what my sister did was WRONG. READ. i am talking more than one thing. geeze and there other people going 20-30 times faster than going 10mph over the speed limit.

how did you get 200-300 mph? out of that your just rounded what ever number pops in your head. teh speed limit is 35 in the area she was going. people go 60 or lower on my mom road. to cut through to get to concrd nh. so ye there is plenty of prove of other speeders. i think i rather stop people who are going higher than 10 mph over speed limit god shakes that really not that bad. its not right but... seriously

You want the cops to stop harassing you? Then stop breaking the law, simple as that.Iantheone

[QUOTE="Dark__Link"]I meant more in context of my day-to-day interactions with them.airshocker

Highway patrol is a boring, a**, job. I augmented the local State Trooper detachment and it SUCKED.

It has to be done, though.

Besides the one that pulled me over for no reason, they have given me little reason to detest them. The only time I've been written a ticket, I was speeding 16 mi/hr over the limit in a residential zone w/ a 200$ additional fine for speeding. Coincidentally, it is the road I live on. After court costs, that would have run me ~ $450. The guy let me off with a $30 "failure to obey a road sign." Didn't even go to court for that.