Detroit police officers fight each other in undercover operation gone wrong

Faux Nuze ^ | November 12, 2017 | Won't own up to it...

[Navy Patriot]

A case of the good guys going after the good guys.

There is now an Detroit Police Department internal investigation into two different precincts getting into their own turf war as they converge on an east side neighborhood.

[Navy Patriot]

Way too little information, you'd think no one was talking ...

[lee martell]

This is what ‘being unprofessional’ looks like.
I have heard of such territorial competition before, even with EMS ambulance units. “That is OUR patient. You are in OUR precinct. Step away from that gurney NOW!!”

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

There are established protocols to “deconflict” undercover operations so this stuff doesn’t happen.

They are lucky nobody got killed.....

[MrEdd]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lneTdhG22IM

Nothing new.

[Navy Patriot]

[ASA Vet]

I have heard of such territorial competition

Look up the origin of the term "plug ugly" and what their function was.

[ASA Vet]

Since a goggle comes up with lots of unrelated meanings, I'll provide this link for you.

Plug Ugly

[Chode]

100%, the fire scene in Gangs of New York

[lee martell]

I didn’t know about that till now.
As for the police, any Plug-Ugly situation may involve putting a ‘plug’ or a bullet into someone acting ‘ugly’.

[ASA Vet]

I was, (probably expired now,) a Firefighter instructor in the State of Michigan. Often a first day academy assignment was,
"Define and explain the terms, "Fire Plug," and Plug Ugly."

Back then there was no Internet, so the students were forced to go to a library and do actual research.
Usually we had some silly prize, such as a broken nozzle mounted on a nice plaque which was awarded to the first to bring us the correct answer.

[Paladin2]

Hopefully Chief Craig will get the knuckleheads straightened out.

[Paladin2]

"The first firefighters to put water on the fire were paid by the insurance companies. The competing local fire departments would often fight, coming to blows, over the privilege and the payout afterward. Engine crews, knowing that whoever controlled the water would extinguish the fire, would send the meanest, toughest, goons they had ahead of the pumper to guard the plug. Anyone from another crew who came near it would have to fight him. This is where the term plug ugly comes from."

Why wouldn't my paris pay for a 'net connection when I was a kid?

[PAR35]

Assumes facts not in evidence:

good guys going after the good guys.

[eyeamok]

This is a very easy situation to handle, just ENFORCE Existing Law!! Formally Charge every last Officer there with:

Assault on a Peace Officer
Battery on a Peace Officer
Aggravated Assault on a Peace Officer
Assault with a Deadly Weapon on a Peace Officer
Attempted Murder of a Peace Officer
Using a Forearm during the Commission of a Violent Felony

Problem Solved, it will NEVER happen again.