Police Cooperation

neosapien

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Maybe he's having a bad day because he had to deal with a bunch of assholes already. If you're nice you might be able to change his attitude for you and the next guy. If all you dealt with was assholes you'd start thinking everyone's an asshole too. So they'd think you were an asshole until you changed their mind.

If I was a cop I wouldn't like screwing over the cool people. But cocky assholes would get the full wrath. Just saying. They actually are human too, :lol:
Cops are bullys on major power trips. The same types that join the military because they want to know what it's like to kill a man. Nice ones are the exception not the rule.
 

Chief_Broom

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[QUOTE="Tropicalgreen, post: 17004621, member: 724884"Every time I come in contact with law enforcement I am always respectful, honest, and cooperative, and am almost always treated well with respect back. You don’t want to incriminate yourself but a pleasant honest demeanor seems to help the contact go much smoother in my opinion. I have gotten out of bad situations simply by complying and being respectful.
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What really seals the deal on this is if you’re white. Smart white folks know how to play this shit up right. I’m talking like in that old chappel stand up bit about him being stopped with a white buddy.
 

raratt

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I got stopped a little while ago by a CHP. There is this woman on a back road that complains all the time about the military driving too fast on that road. She complained to a district supervisor who contacted the base commander, who called CHP. I was on autopilot and didn't notice all the cops. He clocked me at 74 in a 55. :shock: There was no safe place to pull over when he lit me up so I turned on my emergency lights and slowly drove to where the road widened out. I kept my hands on the wheel and told him what I was going to do before I did it when he asked for ID and registration. The registration was in the cubby between the seats, my license was in my front pocket. He told me about the woman who complained is how I know why they were out there. He was the Sgt. on duty out there. We had a little discussion about I should slow down, and how I am retired military. He just handed my stuff back to me and I said thank you Sgt. I know that would have been an expensive ticket.
 
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tyler.durden

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Maybe he's having a bad day because he had to deal with a bunch of assholes already. If you're nice you might be able to change his attitude for you and the next guy. If all you dealt with was assholes you'd start thinking everyone's an asshole too. So they'd think you were an asshole until you changed their mind.

If I was a cop I wouldn't like screwing over the cool people. But cocky assholes would get the full wrath. Just saying. They actually are human too, :lol:
In my late 20s, I was driving this beat up Ford LTD II that I bought for $300. It was ugly as fuck - it had been in a nasty accident and the front end was 50% Bondo with a grill that looked like something quickly forged by the A-Team. So, I got pulled over often, but the car was never deemed non-roadworthy, it just amazingly ugly. I was pulled over late one night in a posh suburb, and I was super respectful to the officer. I greeted him with, "Hello officer, did I do something wrong?" He told me to get the fuck out of the car, which I quickly did. The nicer I was, the angrier this little pig became. In mid sentence he slapped the shit out of me. I hadn't been slapped like that since I was a child. I saw red, but continued to be calm and polite. When amicably answering the next inane question, he slapped me again. I had never exercised more control in my life. I couldn't strike him back, if I was to retaliate it would have to be all the way - kill this fuck, somehow get rid of his car video, and get the fuck out of there. I wasn't ready to do any of that, this was real life. After a few minutes more of verbal abuse, he let me go. That unjust incident really scarred me, and changed my attitude toward the police forever. Not that it was very favorable to begin with.

Their job isn't customer service, it is often life or death. They don't have the luxury of having a bad day and taking it out on civilians. If one doesn't have the demeanor for dealing with the public, this is not the job for them. I have never been helped by the police...
 

PadawanWarrior

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In my late 20s, I was driving this beat up Ford LTD II that I bought for $300. It was ugly as fuck - it had been in a nasty accident and the front end was 50% Bondo with a grill that looked like something quickly forged by the A-Team. So, I got pulled over often, but the car was never deemed non-roadworthy, it just amazingly ugly. I was pulled over late one night in a posh suburb, and I was super respectful to the officer. I greeted him with, "Hello officer, did I do something wrong?" He told me to get the fuck out of the car, which I quickly did. The nicer I was, the angrier this little pig became. In mid sentence he slapped the shit out of me. I hadn't been slapped like that since I was a child. I saw red, but continued to be calm and polite. When amicably answering the next inane question, he slapped me again. I had never exercised more control in my life. I couldn't strike him back, if I was to retaliate it would have to be all the way - kill this fuck, somehow get rid of his car video, and get the fuck out of there. I wasn't ready to do any of that, this was real life. After a few minutes more of verbal abuse, he let me go. That unjust incident really scarred me, and changed my attitude toward the police forever. Not that it was very favorable to begin with.

Their job isn't customer service, it is often life or death. They don't have the luxury of having a bad day and taking it out on civilians. If one doesn't have the demeanor for dealing with the public, this is not the job for them. I have never been helped by the police...
Well that's not cool. They shouldn't be hitting you at all. Are you nonwhite? I'm white, and I haven't experienced anything that bad. I'm sure it's different for some other races though which isn't right.

The LTD, lol. My friends parents had a brown one. Then one year they decided to get a new car. They came home in a newer green one with wood trim panels, almost like the Vacation car, :lol:
 

tyler.durden

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Well that's not cool. They shouldn't be hitting you at all. Are you nonwhite? I'm white, and I haven't experienced anything that bad. I'm sure it's different for some other races though which isn't right.

The LTD, lol. My friends parents had a brown one. Then one year they decided to get a new car. They came home in a newer green one with wood trim panels, almost like the Vacation car, :lol:
Dad was black, but I almost always pass for white. Ime, most people who talk about police favorably are white. It is rare for me to hear positive things about police from other races.
 

PadawanWarrior

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Dad was black, but I almost always pass for white. Ime, most people who talk about police favorably are white. It is rare for me to hear positive things about police from other races.
It depends on the area too. In the city they're not as nice. Seattle cops for example are all basically assholes anymore. Some small town ones are assholes to non locals or people that are different too. In Tahoe they harassed the fuck out of the snowboarders. In North and South Dakota they weren't very nice to me because I think they could tell I'm more of a city guy, I don't exactly know what their problem was. Maybe they could just tell I'm a stoner.

State Patrol officers are also usually way cooler than the country or city cops.

I don't know, but I always hated cops growing up too.

But around here in the little mountain towns of CO they're pretty cool as long as you are. But like I said I'm white, so I don't see how they treat non whites really. I also have short hair and am in my 40's which helps too. I was actually shocked at some of the shit I've gotten away with here. I don't think I've ever had a clean record before moving here, :bigjoint:
 

Justin-case

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It depends on the area too. In the city they're not as nice. Seattle cops for example are all basically assholes anymore. Some small town ones are assholes to non locals or people that are different too. In Tahoe they harassed the fuck out of the snowboarders. In North and South Dakota they weren't very nice to me because I think they could tell I'm more of a city guy, I don't exactly know what their problem was. Maybe they could just tell I'm a stoner.

State Patrol officers are also usually way cooler than the country or city cops.

I don't know, but I always hated cops growing up too.

But around here in the little mountain towns of CO they're pretty cool as long as you are. But like I said I'm white, so I don't see how they treat non whites really. I also have short hair and am in my 40's which helps too. I was actually shocked at some of the shit I've gotten away with here. I don't think I've ever had a clean record before moving here, :bigjoint:
Hey, post that picture of your service pistol again.
 

Chief_Broom

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I have never been helped by the police...
Same here. I’m not anti police but any sane reasoning person can see that so much about our policing system is broken. We’ve created an armed standoff between the citizenry and the police and far too often we see the panicked reaction of police as they interact with a potentially armed populace.
 
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