Useful Information about LEOs

[dazzleman]

What everyone should know about cops...


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Some useful info about cops........and some funny as well

EDIT: I didn't make this up, it was written by a police officer.

Enjoy

1-When you see an emergency vehicle behind you with its lights and sirens on, pull to the RIGHT, and Stop. We are usually required to pass cars on the left.

2-When you're driving in the fast lane and you see a cop behind you, don't go 5 mph under the speed limit. We are not impressed by how safe of a driver you can be, we're trying to go help someone (or catch that guy in the SUV that just cut you off). Safely move over and let us pass please.

3-If you get a warning instead of a ticket from a motorcycle cop, go buy a lottery ticket, because you've already beaten the odds.

4-When you see an officer conducting a traffic stop, or with a suspect in handcuffs, it is generally not a good idea to approach him and ask for directions. If you do, don't expect the officer to be nice when he tells you to get lost, and don't expect the officer to take the time to explain.

5-If a cop causes a car accident we usually get a ticket, and sometimes we get suspended. When is the last time you got 3 days off [without pay] for rear-ending a guy at Wal-Mart?

6-If you think you can fan all the pot smoke out of the car before we smell it, good luck.

7-We know you've had more than 2 beers. When I've had two beers, I didn't hit six parked cars or drive my car through the front doors of a Toys-R-Us, pissed my pants, or passed out at a traffic light.

8-Here's how to get out of a ticket. DON'T BREAK THE LAW.

9-If you drive a piece of crap, that is why you're getting pulled over.

10-In one week, I pulled over 10 cars for minor equipment violations:
5 out of 10 had no vehicle insurance.
3 out of 10 had suspended driver's licenses.
2 out of 10 had warrants.
1 out of 10 had felony warrants.
1 was a known sex offender with his 12 year old niece in the car without her mother's knowledge.

11-If you've just been pulled over doing 70 in a 35, do not greet the officer with "what seems to be the problem, officer".

12-We get coffee breaks too, and sometimes we run into stores and do some shopping during them.

13-When you're the victim of a burglary, take the time you spend waiting for the officer to find the model ..'s and the serial ..'s of the stuff that was taken.

14-Some cops are just jerks, but take heart in the fact that other cops don't like them either.

15-If it's nighttime and you're driving a vehicle with tinted windows and I pull you over, it's not because of your skin color. I usually can't tell if the vehicle even has a driver until the windows rolled down.

16-Every time you hear on the news about people running away from a crazed gunman, someone's son or daughter in a police uniform is running TOWARD that crazed gunman.

17-Yes, it's true; cops usually don't give other cops tickets. Think of it as an employee discount, perk or benefit. Other Cops are family and you wouldn't give your brother a ticket if you were a cop either.

18-If your local police agency has a helicopter, everyone knows it's loud and annoying, but did you know it can cover the same area as 15-20 patrol officers, and safely chase criminals that are driving 90 MPH through city streets. Many times the guy has no idea it's there and slows down.

19-Your 5 year old kid getting pushed down by another 5 year old kid is NOT a police matter; talk to the other kid's parents, not the police.

20-If your kid won't do his homework or do his chores, 911 is not the answer for a uniformed parent.

21-Police work is...writing reports.

22-If you rob a gas station you're only going to get $20, but I get to see a K-9 dog use your arm as a chew toy. For all I care you can keep the $20.

23-In 1 year of patrol work in a large city only about 10 minutes would be cool enough to be on the television show, COPS. But if COPS was about report writing and accident reports, each show would be a year long.

24-Every traffic stop could end in gunfire, but we have to be polite and professional until that time.

25-I've taken about the same amount of men and women to jail for domestic violence, so NO it's not always the man.

26-People love fire fighters. WHY?

27-If you find crack pipes in the ladies purse, there is a good chance they belong to her.

28-If the light was yellow, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

29-Cops know you pay taxes and that your taxes pay cops' salaries. Cops also pay taxes, which also pay cops' salaries so, hey; this traffic stop is on me. Now sign here; press hard, there are five copies.

[Tom]

 

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[Raza]

Because fire fighters have never shot an unarmed man 47 times, beaten a man half to death, nor raped a man with a plunger.

EDIT:  I do believe it was 41 times.

[Run Away]

Because fire fighters have never shot an unarmed man 47 times, beaten a man half to death, nor raped a man with a plunger.

They let people die in fires though.
Oh well, most of them probably deserve it.

[Raza]

Because fire fighters have never shot an unarmed man 47 times, beaten a man half to death, nor raped a man with a plunger.

They let people die in fires though.
Oh well, most of them probably deserve it.

You're telling me that someone dying because they weren't able to be saved is the same as being shot 47 times at point blank?

EDIT:  I do believe it was 41 shots.

[Run Away]

Because fire fighters have never shot an unarmed man 47 times, beaten a man half to death, nor raped a man with a plunger.

They let people die in fires though.
Oh well, most of them probably deserve it.

You're telling me that someone dying because they weren't able to be saved is the same as being shot 47 times at point blank?

EDIT:  I do believe it was 41 shots.

"Can't be saved in time" is just a much better excuse.
Harder to prove wrong, you know.

[TurboDan]

Because fire fighters have never shot an unarmed man 47 times, beaten a man half to death, nor raped a man with a plunger.

EDIT:  I do believe it was 41 times.

Oh yeah, you mean that illegal alien who didn't learn English or get acquainted with American culture so he went reachin' when the cops told him to freeze and put his hands behind his head.  Sorry, but that's why we require immigrants to learn our language and culture before they can legally be here - if you want to throw that aside, well, shit happens.

He was shot 19 times, by the way.  41 were fired.

[saxonyron]

Awesome list, D-Man!  I'm sure Catman can add a few to that.  Yup, Raza - you just proved to me that all cops are scumbags. They all deserve our scorn and hatred.    Imagine that?  A couple cops in a city with tens of thousand of cops, and well over a million scumbag citizens (of the 8 or 10 million regular citizens), one incident you pull out of the newsreels from 5 or 6 years ago.....  You know, that really proves how absolutely amazingly good cops are if you ask me!  My Dad's cousin was a NYC detective during the 60's and 70's and he could tell stories that would blow your mind.  Any of the situations that he regularly found himself in could easily have ended in a clip-emptying shootout.  Add 2 or 3 more cops each with a 15 round mag, you get your 41 shots real fast. Sure looks bad in the headlines, but there's more to it meet the newsprint.  

In the case you're talking about, I believe the situation was late night, bad neighborhood in NYC, cop approaches shitbag suspect in dark corner, he trips on curb, his pistol accidentally fires.  Fellow cops assume he was just shot and felled by the suspect, so they unleash their clips on him.  If that's the truth or even a reasonable version of it, it becomes a little more understandable.  Of course, if real cops were like TV cops, they would have had a well placed SWAT man with a sniper rifle who would have simply blown the bad guy's trigger finger off from a hundred yards. End of incident.