Originally posted by 46 in progress:
Fumblin...
the cops did'nt steal your amp, smash your window etc. Speaking from experience, theft/vandalism is one of the hardest crimes to prove/prevent. Try it for yourself....go out and drive around from midnight to 0800 and see how many kids you can catch while following the rule of law....and have a pile of other stuff to do while trying to find em...
You can bash the cops if you want....someone has to be to blame...can't be the crappy parents, shi$head kids, or neighbors that could careless if it is not happening to them.....so just blame the cops....
As far as the speeding tickets go...most cops would rather go do anything else than write speeding tickets....
You're absolutely right.. if kids weren't being brought up with worthless parents, they might actually be taught some sort of morals and values.
I don't blame the cops for letting the kids do it, I don't even blame them for having better things to do than catch the kids doing it.
What I take issue with is the attitude they have.. like it's some sort of imposition for me to ask them to come out and do their job.
Its the same kind of attitude you get from the guy at McDonalds who would rather be anywhere than where he is.. yea.. ok pal.. drive around.
Oh you didn't want pickles? Too bad.
I actually had a cop come out to take a report when my headlights and windsheild was smashed out.. about 9 hours after I called them.
I called the insurance company, and they called me about a week later asking me for a copy of the police report (which I wasn't given, I was told I could pick up at the station).
So I go to the police station to pick up a copy of the report, and they CHARGE ME $2.00 TO MAKE A COPY.. hey bud, the library across the street can do it for 25 cents.
Well I pay the $2.00 and after about a half hour, guess what they can't find??
So yea.. the cops obviously have better things to do.
When I lived in town, they were always poppin' speeders on my street, or clippin' guys for making left turns on a "no left turn street". Not just one squad car.. they'd have THREE (each with two men in the car) for just about every traffic stop.
Meanwhile, there was a guy running around sticking a pistol in merchants faces and robbing them blind.
Where were the cops? Well.. 5 of them were literally standing around telling jokes while the one officer ran a 70 year old mans licence and plates.
Hey, it's a crap job and it's a dangerous job. The pay stinks, and any minute some highball crackhead can pull a gun on you during a traffic stop.
I do appreciate the men and women of law enforcement that aren't power tripping blowhards, that do the job because they really feel compelled to make a difference in their community.
I appreciate the officers that actually care that you've just been screwed over, and take the time to file the report properly, even tho i'm sure filling reports sucks.
But my experience shows that those types of officers are the exception, not the rule.
But that goes with just about anything in todays society.
