America is fed up with hearing how dangerous your job is . You make your own drama in this land most people know that . Its not the few criminals that you may confront in the course of your carrier that makes the job dangerous . Its you that makes it so . communities no longer trust you and consider you to be bullies and thugs . Your own actions made it so . You have lost the right to claim that you are the one good cop left . Good cops don't let bad cops act like criminals . Indifference is a disease and a plague on society . That is our opinion of the "Blue Shield Of Silence" you hide your dirty cohorts behind . The fact that we have to accept that police set the rules and enforce the rules you play by with no outside independent advisers is a mockery of justice . Entrapment and intimidation are your primary tools . At one time those tactics were not just frowned upon but illegal . You live far from the streets you patrol and convert to your own personal war zones . This damages our communities that at one time had the officers that patrolled as members of the community . The big push now is for wartime weaponry and combat uniforms . That will make the average citizen feel comfortable to speak with you I'm sure . Fix your problems before taking on new things or trying to fix others is some well known advise . Now let me offer you a few tips from the people to help.
Step one is always owning up to your problems . This can not happen in your office filth and corruption flows down from top . Your superiors have put guards in place to keep things quiet and relieve them of any blame . If you follow chain of command nothing gets fixed . You know this it was most likely what put you on the path of indifference . I would suggest you contact a member of the legal aid society in your general area or an activist lawyer . These guys can protect you and your job as you expose the dirty cops in your own department . No act of corruption or abuse is too small . Every single act leads to the next act and combined can make for a big issue . They will know the proper channels to file complaints with your states attorney generals office or if needed the proper federal offices . In most of these cases you may even be protected and able to remain anonymous . The hard part of that is keeping a straight face around those you expose till they can be removed from duty . This is step one its the big one and all the others will be made simple after its started . Others will come forward after one truly honest and good man steps up to start the show .
Step two quit making our streets out to be warzones . This one is easy but will carry the most weight with those you serve . Not every traffic stop is an excuse to pull a gun,tazer,of pepper spray .
Every car on the road is filled with people not perps. If you wish to be respected then you must show respect as well . This is all simple stuff we all learned as kids on the play ground . I had a lead foot in my younger days so yes I speak from experience in traffic stops . I remember the bad cops that stopped me I see their faces as if it was yesterday . The officers just doing a job in a proper manner I am happy to say I remember the stop not the man . Thats what a police encounter is about what the citizen did . If you make the stop about you you don't stop the person from
doing it again but you do insure that person will never aid you or your comrades .
Kill the combat dress on duty its not necessary . If you want to be a swat officer go join swat . If you applied and was rejected try harder or fix what prevented you from being successful . If you are just not swat material then dressing for the part and acting like a jerk is a sign that you are the exact problem I speak of . The dumbest thing ever in law enforcement was to allow the average cop to dress for combat . You proved all the critics right in a short period of time . You may not be the jerk but you know who he is and his behavior reflects on you . This guy needs to be put in check daily his actions can get you killed . Just ask Erick Frein we all know what happened the night he snapped . This dress is what created the modern day thug cop . I dont care if you want to rock boots instead of shoes . You might even want slacks or a golf shirt all are options . Just mix it up a bit if you dress for war you encourage war . Ask some of your fellow officers from department that still require traditional uniforms the public respects them just a little more .
My negative opinions of law enforcement is not just a fad . I am not just jumping on a bandwagon for a quick trip to the next distraction . As I mentioned above have been stopped and detained more times than I can count . The funny part is I at one time wanted to be a cop . I took the test and nailed it and was on the list for the next class . Two days after I received the good news about the test my family and I were on our way home from dinner with the inlaws lights came on and I got pulled over . I gave my papers and ID to the cop and he informed me that I was stopped for no tail lights at all . I told him that I
had just checked them and was on the academy list and he said if I wanted I could look while he ran my info . I bent over and looked at the rear of the car the officer behind me now yells "don't move put your hands on the car do it do it now or ill blow your ass away " So I did and as I did I looked over my shoulder to see his gun about a foot from the side of my head . I asked " ok what the fuck did I do ? calm down i'm not doing anything what the fuck did I do ?" He informed me I had a concealed weapon that he seen as I bent around the car . I told him he was fuckin nuts and he grabs my belt and says I seen your holster while he yanks my coat over my head to expose my lock back pocket knife in a leather case attached to my belt . He say "Oh dear im sorry I thought it was a gun" I said nothing as I came up off of the car . He gave me back all my papers and apologise three more times . I just asked if we were done ? He said yes and I turned and got into my car and left without another word . My wife was still shaking the kids crying we did not speak the rest of the way home . The first thing I did after walking in the door is call the number for the recruiting officer assigned as my contact . Late saturday night I left a message to remove me from the list and not to call me back . He called monday anyway and asked why I sounded angry and what had happened that I no longer wanted to go to the academy ? I told him what had happened and the guy tried to justify it and explain that that was why they needed guys like me . He kept my name on the list and left six or seven messages that I never replied to . My opinion was permanently changed and remains so today.
Its not my responsibility to change my opinion of cops . It is the duty of all cop to make sure this kind of stuff stops happening . You cant be the great protector and the mass killers responsible for the deaths of an unarmed citizen every twenty eight hours . The only persons who can change those numbers are you .
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