[robertpaulsen]

"and the kid says he was supposed to meet a friend there to give him back an iPod"

"Hello?"
"Hey John, Brett."
"Yo bro, wassup?"
"I found your iPod. You left it in my car."
"Hey, great. I was lookin' all over for it."
"Yeah. Why don't we meet and I'll give it back to you?"
Sure. When and where?"
"How about a deserted commuter parking lot in a high crime area at 2am?"
"Hey, sounds good. See you then."

And he never shows. Nice try. The naiveté on this thread is incredible.

[Starwolf]

And he never shows. Nice try. The naiveté on this thread is incredible.

What you fail to realize is that it is irrelevant. Even if he was trolling with special equipment (claims you have never provided support for) the cop was still seriously out of line and was rightly fired.

[tacticalogic]

And he never shows. Nice try. The naiveté on this thread is incredible.

Viewed through the lens of the cynical hubris of a professional bureaucrat, I imagine is is.