Posted on 11/30/2019 8:26:40 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
What did you learn from watching Live PD?
I haven’t watched it, but I enjoyed reading your distillation of lessons learned.
You forgot that the police aren’t your friend and aren’t there to help you.
I saw a show called “Cops” only 3 or 4 times, and it was so depressing I would never do it again.
I was jogging in NC by a Verizon shop that got robbed and the robbers were stupid enough to flee all the way down to Richland County SC and activate the phones, which led the cops right to them.
I’ve learned that most of it is staged or hand picked to convey the desired agenda being put forth.
Reality shows suck but they’re cheap to produce in a failing market.
I doubt if much on Live PD is staged. Do they cheery pick patrol area’s? I think so. The violent and high speed vehicle chases would be too risky to stage.
That’s a good one!
I’ve also noticed how many extended police chases there are in LA. —sometimes hours!
I’ve learned that gasoline prices in South Carolina are way less than here in the Puget Sound area, by about $1.20 per gallon. It’s a good show, by the way.
The police may not be your friends, but they aren’t your enemy either. Sounds to me as though you didn’t learn much in your “wastedyears”.
I can’t think of anything I’ve learned from Live PD that you didn’t cover. Except that maybe Dan Abrams is making more money than everybody who visits this thread combined.
I noticed that also. Currently we are at $3.65. NC is well below that.
True, but he still wears a bad rug on his head.
Well, there’s nothing to learn from Live PD that most of us didn’t already catch on COPS, which was a much longer running program, and very popular. Anyway, a few takeaways from these types of shows:
-Everyone pulled over always lies to the police. Always.
-If you are caught driving a stolen vehicle, you had no idea it was stolen. Honest.
-Those aren’t my drugs you just found under the seat officer.
-It’s amazing how many people give fake names, only to confess a short time later.
Honestly, while there are certainly some bad cops out there, this type of show kind of drives home that %95 of the time, police are dealing with absolute garbage. They’re sent to investigate or deal in real time with crimes, that’s the job, and it has to affect them mentally.
Just do what the cops tell you to do. It is that simple.
If they take you out of the car, it IS getting searched.
Good adds to the list!
There was one episode where a guy gave his brothers name. The brother had more serious warrants than the guy in custody! Idiots.
I used to be completely pro police. Several things have made me question what they are really for.
One: My wife got pulled over for speeding. It turns out her registration was also expired. The threatened to put her out on the street so he could have the car towes and got my two sons in tears. He let her park the car and I had to leave work to get them. He could have done that in the first place.
Two: My son’s grade school class went on a field trip to the local town hall. There was a canine unit there directing traffic. The entire hour of the tour he let the dog bark at the kids while standing in his bloused pants acting all tough.
Those are the personal events. Every day we read about the militant cops that really seem to want nothing more than to show how much they are ready to fight and destroy.
Some of it is taped ahead of time. It’s not staged unless it is “a feature” and they “promote” those as such.
Some nights there is just not much going on, they have three hours to fill.
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