I don’t doubt this officer’s account of his day when he discusses his encounters with the bad guys.
It is officer behavior around obviously INNOCENT people that gets my dander up.
Folks who accidentally and barely break a rule of the road are harassed, ticketed, and demeaned. I’ve seen cops make a bunch of illegal and dangerous maneuvers just to pull over one guy going 65 MPH in a 60 MPH zone when everyone else was doing 63 - 68 MPH. WTF? People don’t need to die for his ticket quota.
Why can’t officers ever actually investigate and solve a crime against normal people? EVER. I’ve never heard of it. Break ins, car jackings, burglaries, GTA, etc. Nobody is ever arrested. Drug dealing in front of my house. I could go on and on and on. Just take the freaking clue in your face and go pick the guy up. I gave you the crooks DRIVERS LICENSE you idiot!
Apologia from officers oh-so-hard day is hard to take. What he says may very well be true. But it falls on the deaf ears of a guy who only ever sees cops pull over the innocent and let the guilty go.
Just because we normal citizens don’t understand the esoterica of the law industry doesn’t mean we don’t know a line of crap when we hear it.
You are correct on that. Had my garage robbed. They filled out a report and gave it to me for my insurance. I asked what they were going to do to find the people who robbed me. The cop looked at me blank. I suggested that they notify local pawn shops and troll craigslist for my property. The cop said, ‘that’s a good idea.’
My son was robbed at knifepoint and he managed to pull a gun on the man trying to stab him. He reported it. The cops dutifully wrote down his description and appeared quite bored with the whole process. No follow up.
My credit card number was stolen and my account was cleaned out to pay random strangers’ utility bills. I reported it and the cop was quite happy to explain the scam. I asked him what they were going to do to the people who robbed me. He told me that it really wasn’t a ‘crime’ because the bank was going to pay me back. When I pointed out that we had the names and account numbers and addresses of all the people who were in on the scam and that it MIGHT not be so difficult to track him down, he was baffled. “But the bank is going to give you your money back. What’s the bid deal?”
I DON’T KNOW. A CRIME WAS COMMITTED BY CRIMINALS AND MAYBE YOU MIGHT WANT TO STOP THEM FROM CONTINUING TO COMMIT CRIMES.
Neighbor’s dogs were terrorizing my yard, driveway and home. The cop told me, “why don’t you shoot them?” and refused to respond to the call.
I could go on and on and ON.
But damn. They were onto you if you didn’t pause long enough at a stop sign.
Texas cops are crap.