tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post6136072682420648886..comments2024-01-29T01:32:16.780-07:00Comments on 704 Houser Street: Brave CopsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-9387831102724447902014-02-21T21:56:17.345-07:002014-02-21T21:56:17.345-07:00That was the other day. Today on Drudge there was ...That was the other day. Today on Drudge there was a story about a young female jogger who might have jaywalked and ended up with 4 cops taking her away. Seems her headset & music didn't let her hear the officer while she was jogging.<br /><br />The Blue Bullies seem to like to respond in great numbers and overreact.John Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01077793417700366871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-3570211498282606752014-02-19T15:06:49.025-07:002014-02-19T15:06:49.025-07:00Oregon has that 3 level LE too. I have watched cop...Oregon has that 3 level LE too. I have watched cops in their cruisers just sit while cars run red lights right in front of them. I would love to have gotten one cop's badge # and turned it in to his superior.<br /><br />One of the things the last governor did in a petty fit of anger, was to cut the budget of the State Police lab. That lab handles the majority of lab work for LE in the State.<br /><br />But because the voters would not give in to him about his pet tax issue, he got petty with the State Police boys instead.<br /><br />These Oregon libs always hit Oregonians deliberately where it will do the most damage. In the stuff that they are actually supposed to be funding, as opposed to the social welfare stuff that they should be cutting back on.Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-89029912389132495392014-02-19T12:00:14.464-07:002014-02-19T12:00:14.464-07:00Where I live we have 3 levels of LE. The state ha...Where I live we have 3 levels of LE. The state has highway patrol. Those guys focus on accident investigation, and speed enforcement on the interstate and state highways. Unlike most states our state police isn't a division of "super cops". The state boys have a reputation of being decent cops. The next level is the sheriffs dept. They are also decent cops, perhaps because the sheriff has to stand for election.<br /><br />Lastly we have the unelected and unaccountable city police. Not good cops. They abuse their power and have no respect for the citizens. They stop people for not breaking laws. I got to spend one Sunday morning waiting by the side of the road till the K-9 Unit could come check my truck for drugs. No probable cause. They were bored. <br /><br />I think accountability and funding are two big issues. When the cops have no accountability and unlimited funds they have no sense of priorities. Res Ipsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433725505878267643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-34572089082318402712014-02-19T09:03:00.627-07:002014-02-19T09:03:00.627-07:00There are many reasons for the problems going on r...There are many reasons for the problems going on right now with the police in this Country. One of the problems could be is that they are good men who have gotten tired of the ACLU types who have allowed criminals back out on the street. ACLU types also had an obvious and extreme bias against the police back in the 60's/70's when I was growing up. Being treated like you were scum even though you were a decent guy trying to do the best he could to survive his day would be trying under the best of circumstances.<br /><br />I suspect that when they had to dumb down the rules and qualifications to allow women to join the ranks, this also allowed for some really ignorant men to join also.<br /><br />I have also read in various places that applicants who were turned down were told that they were "too intelligent" for the job. That is some scary stuff right there. Deliberately hiring the ignorant over the intelligent? This tells me that when it hits the fan, it may not be so hard to grasp that the unintelligent would be more willing to "fire on their neighbors" than the intelligent who would question the orders. <br /><br />There really is no excuse for this form of stupid though.Susannoreply@blogger.com