Current Events > LEO Here. AMA

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The cop hate is getting deep again. Here to make you love me CE

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do you ever resent raphael for not just falling in line like a good turtle?

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Do you carry a throw away gun or vial of crack?

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The Trent posted...

do you ever resent raphael for not just falling in line like a good turtle?

I secretly stan Raffy for being himself and not letting those turtle societal constraints hold him down

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KillerSlaw posted...

Do you carry a throw away gun or vial of crack?

Lol, no. I dont even carry a back-up gun at all, actually. I find it impractical. And nobody sells crack in vials gtfoh. Cant trust any crack dealer that doesnt use the cheapest, flimsiest sandwich baggies.

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Patchwork posted...

Lol, no. I dont even carry a back-up gun at all, actually. I find it impractical. And nobody sells crack in vials gtfoh. Cant trust any crack dealer that doesnt use the cheapest, flimsiest sandwich baggies.

My only experience with crack is The Wire so excuse my ignorance.

If you carried one would you rather have taser or pepper spray?

Do cops still get those L shaped batons or is it just those telescopic ones?

Does your precinct call smashing your light over someone's head giving them Maglight Shampoo or is that a local thing?

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KillerSlaw posted...

My only experience with crack is The Wire so excuse my ignorance.

If you carried one would you rather have taser or pepper spray?

Do cops still get those L shaped batons or is it just those telescopic ones?

Does your precinct call smashing your light over someone's head giving them Maglight Shampoo or is that a local thing?

The Wire is such a good show.

I carry a Taser, and I loathe pepper spray. I do not carry it for multiple reasons. One, youre not supposed to use pepper spray in tandem with a Taser, as there have been concerns the electricity could ignite the spray. Whether that would happen or not, its not a chance Id take. Two, fuck pepper spray. Ive been hit with it once, purposely, for certification, and more than enough times accidentally because some dickwagon didnt check which way the wind was blowing before he started spraying. I hate it.

Id rather be tased.

As for the batons, I think some departments still issue the older style, unless theyve changed that in recent years. Regardless, my department doesnt require that you carry any baton. I have a telescopic ASP baton in my war bag that Ill use for the occasional window break if need be. But its not all that effective on human beings, in all honesty, and the optics are never good.

Lol, most people dont carry Maglites anymore. I have a Fenix tac-light that would be useless to hit anyone with.


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Do you have s moustache?

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KillerSlaw posted...

Do you have s moustache?

No, I have a full beard. Fortunate to be in a department with a modern grooming and tattoo policy.

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What are your thoughts on bicycle cops?

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KillerSlaw posted...

What are your thoughts on bicycle cops?

I would hate to be one.

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Someone broke into my place by opening a window (that they would have to crawl through) and stole a box with my PS3, PS2, and games, along with two backpacks. Do you think it was a homeless person? Or do homeless people not steal video games?

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Do you have any good hooker stories?

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Pepys Monster posted...

Someone broke into my place by opening a window (that they would have to crawl through) and stole a box with my PS3, PS2, and games, along with two backpacks. Do you think it was a homeless person? Or do homeless people not steal video games?

I think its weird that your automatic assumption is its a homeless person.

*Pulls up chair*

Lets talk about why you hate the homeless, Pepys.

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Patchwork posted...

I think its weird that your automatic assumption is its a homeless person.

*Pulls up chair*

Lets talk about why you hate the homeless, Pepys.

They have the least to lose and the most to gain. Isnt a home invasion a 25 year sentence?

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KillerSlaw posted...

Do you have any good hooker stories?

We used to have an older street worker who would blow any and everyone for 20.75.

She was one of the nicest people we ever had to feel with, never gave us any issues even when she had to be arrested, and she told me that she charged the extra 75 cents because it made her stand out.

And yes, she carried change.

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Are you secretly a 14 year old girl pretending to be a cop?

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Pepys Monster posted...

They have the least to lose and the most to gain. Isnt a home invasion a 25 year sentence?

The guy who broke into my friend's place years ago and stole his PS3 got 16 months.

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Patchwork posted...

No, I have a full beard. Fortunate to be in a department with a modern grooming and tattoo policy.

Lucky. As a freakin county lifeguard when I was younger we had to be clean-shaven and our sideburns couldnt go below the middle of our ears, lol.

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Are there any laws you disagree with yet you arrest/fine people for?

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Tyranthraxus posted...

Are you secretly a 14 year old girl pretending to be a cop?

I wish. Id have a lot less responsibility.

ExtremeLuchador posted...

The guy who broke into my friend's place years ago and stole his PS3 got 16 months.

Im in PA, so I can only speak to our sentencing guidelines. Burglary carries a maximum sentence of 20 years, but nobody will ever do 20 years for burglary.

Shablagoo posted...

Lucky. As a freakin county lifeguard when I was younger we had to be clean-shaven and our sideburns couldnt go below the middle of our ears, lol.

Its a fairly new thing, starting to allow beards, and its far from universal. Tons of departments are still following the military clean-shaven style.

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Colorahdo posted...

Are there any laws you disagree with yet you arrest/fine people for?

Not necessarily. I work in a decent department that gives me enough autonomy to make my own choices.

I havent made a marijuana arrest in at least a year and a half, for example, and that was a pound of it found in the trunk of a car with a decent load of crack and heroin. Ive confiscated plenty and thrown it out, though. Thats punishment enough.

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How in depth are the background checks for people who apply to become police officers?

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Feline_Heart posted...

How in depth are the background checks for people who apply to become police officers?

Fairly in depth, but this varies departmentally.

Larger departments have designated background investigators, so these departments theoretically should be able to provide in-depth investigations into applicants. It doesnt always work this way, though, depending on how many potential officers are being hired. And thats a similar theme elsewhere.

You generally fill out a lengthy background packet, of sorts. This includes: previous employment history, relationship history, numerous work AND character references, questions regarding drug history, criminal history, credit checks, waivers for medical records, etc.

A lot of departments then will utilize a polygraph examination to determine deception on said packet. Following that, there are medical exams and a psychological exam.

Now, thats all standard procedure; there are, of course, instances where less deserving people are hired due to familial connections, etc., just like in any other field.

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I have a relative who was disqualified during interviews because of teenage/college drug experiments and porn viewing. Is that common?

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ExtremeLuchador posted...

I have a relative who was disqualified during interviews because of teenage/college drug experiments and porn viewing. Is that common?

Depends on the department. Why did they even ask him about porn? And some departments care more about experimental drug use than others. It also depends on what drugs.

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Patchwork posted...

A lot of departments then will utilize a polygraph examination to determine deception on said packet.

I hope this is being phased out. Polygraphs are pseudo-science at best.

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Polygraphs are horrendous.

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I almost got kicked out of my polygraph test because I moved my right hand off my thigh

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How many dogs have you shot and killed so far?

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ExtremeLuchador posted...

I have a relative who was disqualified during interviews because of teenage/college drug experiments and porn viewing. Is that common?

how would they even know he watches porn?

They asked him during the polygraph I think.

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ExtremeLuchador posted...

They asked him during the polygraph I think.

I had no idea employers cared about that

He was trying to get a cop job around 2002. A lot more people back then had problems with adult entertainment. You had people saying Richard Jewell was guilty of Olympic bombing because they found a porno tape in his house.

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Shablagoo posted...

I hope this is being phased out. Polygraphs are pseudo-science at best.

Even the FBI still uses them for some reason

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Patchwork posted...

She was one of the nicest people we ever had to feel with

..uh huh

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What happens if protesters fire at you

Do you think that there are systematic biases in society that make police presence counter productive in some circumstances?

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darkprince45 posted...

I almost got kicked out of my polygraph test because I moved my right hand off my thigh

Polygraph examiners are also some of the most fuckin ridiculous people.

Unknown5uspect posted...

How many dogs have you shot and killed so far?

Zero. I love dogs. Got a puppers of my own.

soulunison2 posted...

What happens if protesters fire at you

Theyre not just protesters if theyre firing on police. Theyre active shooters, and Ill do my best not to get shot and to eliminate the threat.

COVxy posted...

Do you think that there are systematic biases in society that make police presence counter productive in some circumstances?

What types of circumstances?


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Yeah lol, I saw we laid ours off during pandemic in a notice. Dick

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When I was younger, I was drinking and chatting with friends in a bar when a team of police officers did their rounds, complete with a sniffer dog.

I made the mistake of discussing with my compatriots a study I had read of dog handlers unconscious biases influencing the dogs false positive rates within earshot.

Sure enough, the dog found me exceedingly interesting, and I was asked to slowly and carefully empty my bag (which was also searched), empty my pockets and I also received a rather thorough pat-down.

When asked if I had anything the dog could be detecting, I indicated that I was in possession of an open bag of peanut butter m&ms, to which I received the reply the dog is not trained to detect m&ms.

Their general attitude was rather hostile, to be honest.

Considering at that point in my life I had not even been in the general vicinity of any illegal substances whatsoever, was the dog indeed detecting m&ms, or was it victimisation on the part of the police officers?

In the interests of full disclosure, the dog was a Labrador.

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Do you know the race of somebody driving a car just by scanning their license plates?

maybe you scan the license plate and his drivers license shows up in your screen?

Why did you willingly join the worlds biggest street gang and people that are 40% more likely to beat their wife?

OudeGeuze posted...

Why did you willingly join the worlds biggest street gang and people that are 40% more likely to beat their wife?

Half the people in this country have hit a partner.

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And just so we know. That 40 percent number has been proven wrong and its a study from 1990. Funny, anti cop trolls love spouting it so much. But its someones alt

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darkprince45 posted...

And just so we know. That 40 percent number has been proven wrong and its a study from 1990. Funny, anti cop trolls love spouting it so much. But its someones alt

Being anticop is the morally correct stance

Lol

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Oddball question but what do you think is the worst color for a car?

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Should I try to track down the guy who broke into my place? Or report additional information to the police? I just realized they stole my social security card.

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