[blueknight]

As a cop I would never tell you that it hasn't happened, although in 28 years I've never seen it. The problem is you make it sound like officers plant evidence WHENEVER someone gives them a hard time and that is false.

[Al Gator]

The problem is you make it sound like officers plant evidence WHENEVER someone gives them a hard time and that is false

Dear Blue,

You are probably a good guy, but I'm a biker, and I've been on the receiving end of "vibes".

[Dead Corpse]

My father was a Deputy for 27 years. He recounted several times when other officers were FIRED for things like drop guns and small stashes of "throw down" narcotics.

Just not paying attention are you....

You might be a good cop. But you are becoming a MINORITY instead of a majority.

[mugs99]

Most cops are good guys. A few are bad. The same is true of alcohol and drug users. Only the bad get attention. It is bad law that is responsible for our problems, not bad cops or bad addicts.

[NJ_gent]

"The problem is you make it sound like officers plant evidence WHENEVER someone gives them a hard time and that is false."

The few and far between cases where it does happen, and the mere potential for it to happen, are plenty to justify the additional safeguards in my opinion. If we're going to err (and we're human, so of course we are), I'd rather we err on the side caution when it comes to police action. I'm with the 'let 10 guilty men go before imprisoning 1 innocent man' crowd, and I think that's the case at every step along the way. The fact is that no matter how draconian we get with our laws, we will never become 100% crime-free. Even if we could, I doubt I'd want to live in a place so heavily restricted that it's impossible to commit a crime. Seems far too 1984-ish to me.

[rottweiller_inc]

one from a few days ago: Former Lansford cop pleads guilty to conspiracy?