Could you be a cop?

[Drawdown]

Could you be a cop?


Say you were 22 years old, and your local police department offered you a job as a cop.

Would you take the job?

I could the county sheriff's department but no way would I work in the city police department. Completely different animals.

 

[trouble13]

I would not take the job but I could handle it...

Thats exactly how I feel about it. I could do the job and I would be a dsmn good cop but I would not want that job.

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[BahamaBob]

When I was a teen, we lived in a

 

[Logician Man]

No.I'd shoot anything that moved.

Do you move?

 

[BahamaBob]

When I was a kid we lived in a rough neighborhood. We had beat cops. Everyone knew and respected them. They were big guys and if you lipped off to them you were likely to get a back hand or more if you wanted it. However, if they caught you with beer or driving a little fast they would let you slide. If you were respectful and not to far out of line, they gave you a break. They weren't A-holes. Now cops are totally different. Now they don't let anything slide. Policies won't allow them to. That is why all the kids see them as A-holes. Most of them couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag either. They are like those two guys in Atlanta. Two guys and they can't control one drunk. That is why things get out of hand. When you are most of the time dealing with the dregs of society, you need to be able to physically command respect. When you are dealing with someone who is hopped up or past irate and beating on his wife, you need to be able to physically control them. When things are past the talking stage, you need to be able to control the situation.

Now it is even worse. Politics have made it impossible for these guys to do their job.

 

[Bodi]

When I was a kid we lived in a rough neighborhood. We had beat cops. Everyone knew and respected them. They were big guys and if you lipped off to them you were likely to get a back hand or more if you wanted it. However, if they caught you with beer or driving a little fast they would let you slide. If you were respectful and not to far out of line, they gave you a break. They weren't A-holes. Now cops are totally different.

:lol: So cops you knew hit kids and let them drink? ...and these are cops that you revere? :lol:

Now they don't let anything slide. Policies won't allow them to. That is why all the kids see them as A-holes. Most of them couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag either. They are like those two guys in Atlanta. Two guys and they can't control one drunk. That is why things get out of hand. When you are most of the time dealing with the dregs of society, you need to be able to physically command respect. When you are dealing with someone who is hopped up or past irate and beating on his wife, you need to be able to physically control them. When things are past the talking stage, you need to be able to control the situation.

Uh-huh... cops need to dominate. Sounds exactly like Trump.

Dominate!

 

[marke]

Could you be a cop?


Say you were 22 years old, and your local police department offered you a job as a cop.

Would you take the job?

Modern democrats make that profession more dangerous than paragliding over live volcanoes.

 

[Court Jester]

Could you be a cop?


Say you were 22 years old, and your local police department offered you a job as a cop.

Would you take the job?

Sure I could do it, but I wouldn't want that job. Wouldn't want to be in constant conflict with low life citizen thugs or unaccountable entitled public employee union members with little more than a high school education.

I'd be at war on all sides all the time.

 

[BahamaBob]

:lol: So cops you knew hit kids and let them drink? ...and these are cops that you revere? :lol:



Uh-huh... cops need to dominate. Sounds exactly like Trump.

Dominate!

Nah, they would dump your beer out and give you a lecture but not haul you in.

Dominate is right. If those cops in Atlanta were man enough to put that guy in cuffs, he would still be alive.

 

[jcgriff2]

Could you be a cop?

Say you were 22 years old, and your local police department offered you a job as a cop.

Would you take the job?

As long as my local PD was in a very rural town.

NYPD - no way in hell.

Sidenote - Police unions have to go. They protect way too many bad cops.

 

[Wayne Jr]

Could you be a cop?


Say you were 22 years old, and your local police department offered you a job as a cop.

Would you take the job?

Agist much? A cop buddy of mine told me that the oldest recruit in his academy was 52, and I personally know someone who became a cop at 65 after retiring from the Air Force.

 

[molten_dragon]

No, it doesn't pay enough to justify the crappy hours and work conditions.

 

[Indie guy]

I wanted to be a police officer when I was about 8 years old. It came out of admiration and respect. Many years later, nobody could pay me enough to go through what cops have to put up with. Some are cut out for it but it's certainly not for the average joe.

 

[Indie guy]

As long as my local PD was in a very rural town.

NYPD - no way in hell.

Sidenote - Police unions have to go. They protect way too many bad cops.

One major step toward police reform is getting rid of unions. Not only do they protect the bad seeds, they're a huge cost burden and they're mostly corrupt.

 

[ALiberalModerate]

Could you be a cop?


Say you were 22 years old, and your local police department offered you a job as a cop.

Would you take the job?

What police department? What would the pay be? A small town or suburban police department would be pretty boring as the bulk of your job would be traffic violations as that's a big source of money for those local governments. A major city department would be more interesting.

A lot of what they deal with in major cities are the homeless and the severely mentally ill.

 

[ALiberalModerate]

I wanted to be a police officer when I was about 8 years old. It came out of admiration and respect. Many years later, nobody could pay me enough to go through what cops have to put up with. Some are cut out for it but it's certainly not for the average joe.

That all depends on where they work. In a small town or suburb, mostly the job is boring with a bunch of traffic enforcement and the occasional domestic. Being a cop is statistically not a dangerous job. It's got nothing on professions like roofing or electricians. It's often a boring, tedious job which is what would make it hard as it's hard not to get burned out with that.

 

[Phys251]

I am a LEO and ranking LEO

Oh, god. :shock:

 

[ALiberalModerate]

Modern democrats make that profession more dangerous than paragliding over live volcanoes.

I am not sure how you guys go through life living in a reality of your own creation. Police work is statistically not a dangerous job. It has nothing on roofing, electrical work, farming, ranching, and so on.

 

[Phys251]

What police department? What would the pay be? A small town or suburban police department would be pretty boring as the bulk of your job would be traffic violations as that's a big source of money for those local governments. A major city department would be more interesting.

A lot of what they deal with in major cities are the homeless and the severely mentally ill.

That all depends on where they work. In a small town or suburb, mostly the job is boring with a bunch of traffic enforcement and the occasional domestic. Being a cop is statistically not a dangerous job. It's got nothing on professions like roofing or electricians. It's often a boring, tedious job which is what would make it hard as it's hard not to get burned out with that.

Good points.

The physical dangers of being a cop are highly overrated, but the emotional toll is highly underrated.

With all the emphasis on mental health, cops' mental health needs to be addressed a lot more. They see the worst of society, and they are the ones whom society expects to clean it all up.

 

[ALiberalModerate]

Oh, god. :shock:

Don't believe it. He makes all sorts of borderline psychotic claims all the time on here.

 

[Indie guy]

That all depends on where they work. In a small town or suburb, mostly the job is boring with a bunch of traffic enforcement and the occasional domestic. Being a cop is statistically not a dangerous job. It's got nothing on professions like roofing or electricians. It's often a boring, tedious job which is what would make it hard as it's hard not to get burned out with that.

I can see that angle of it too. A cop in a tiny rural town would probably spend more time napping behind a desk than out on a crime call.

I was thinking mostly about policing larger cities. More crime naturally happens in the big towns, thus heightening the risk for dangerous situations. Police have to deal with plenty of low-class thugs far more than than the average profession.

 

[ALiberalModerate]

Good points.

The physical dangers of being a cop are highly overrated, but the emotional toll is highly underrated.

With all the emphasis on mental health, cops' mental health needs to be addressed a lot more. They see the worst of society, and they are the ones whom society expects to clean it all up.

That's the thing. Statistically its not really a dangerous job. Sure, more dangerous than a typical desk job, but it's one the safer blue-collar jobs. However, they deal with pieces of **** on a regular basis.

 

[americanwoman]

No way as a patrol officer.

I could see myself being a detective but I don't think I could handle a crime scene especially involving a child.

 

[d0gbreath]

I applied when I was 23, mostly because I'd just moved to a small city of 30,000 where all you needed was a HS diploma. My forms were approved and I received a letter instructing me when and where to go for the physical tests. That process was too slow. I'd found a construction job, met a bunch of people, and rented a house by then, so I decided not to pursue my police career any farther.

I have no idea if I would've been any good at it.

 

[rickc]

Low pay, thankless job, interacting with people at their worst everyday, good chance of getting shot, stabbed or beat up. Who the F would want that?

Could be the reason so many suck at the job

Adrenaline junkies with a fast car, a badge and a gun. What do you expect!