What a #$*@! of a cop!

[RICHARD]

my BIL was a cop and a pretty good F-wad himself, so were most of his partners.

The job wears people out and makes them f-wads even if they are not.

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I remember one incident where I was getting a ticket for an expired plate.

The thing was expired by a week and I had the stub to the registration, copy of the check and my expred registration, Back then, you could mail your fees in and it took a few weeks to get into the system.

The AH still writes me up and gives me the "You bikers do something dumb and WE have to come clean up the mess....."

I laughed and told him -in so many words - that he was full of shiat and the paramedics come and would scrape me off the ground-he only did the paper work. Some are well versed at making mountains out of molehills, they get the bad press while the good cops toil in anonimity.

[K9soul]

It's unfortunate we'll never really see good stories published about the things some cops have done to help people and the ways some show compassion. I experienced it myself in college when I was with a date and his car started going on the fritz, we were speeding in hopes of reaching a gas station before it quit on us. A cop pulled us over for speeding and the car died there. The cop drove us to a station, waited with us till we got the part needed (a belt) and took us back to put it in. He never mentioned nor wrote us a ticket, and stayed until he saw the car was running and that we weren't stranded.

My ex-BIL was also a cop as well as some family friends. I suppose if you had said "many" rather than "most" I might not have felt the need to respond, and I suppose it's a matter of wording. I just dislike seeing people grouped up as a whole. Four cops just lost their lives last week doing their job to protect the public.

I do think this particular man was a heartless jerk and deserves more than just being shuffled to a desk job.

[RICHARD]

My ex-BIL was also a cop as well as some family friends.
I do think this particular man was a heartless jerk and deserves more than just being shuffled to a desk job.

Actually, I wish my BIL was an Ex along with my sister, who is a pompous AH herself.

There are stupid, heartless people in all lines of work.

We had two SWAT cops who 'cowboyed' a building here in lost angeles. They went in without waiting for a plan or a clue. They both got shot and one was killed.

They did the 'hero' thing for him for a few months and never really came out and said that what he and his partner did was really dumb and not within the guidelines set up by the dept. The media didn't bother to report this and they carried on with the hero story.

It was a bad situation made worse by mistakes and not following the rules.

In many cases cops look for 'justice by cop' when some bad luck befalls them.


Another case that made the news was a cop who was killed by a wrong way driver on the 210 freeway. They closed the freeway for something like 6 hours to investigate the accident-all this happened during rush hour. Here in lost angeles we have enough BS traffic, they will clear a wreck in minutes to keep the flow going. If something happens to any PO, you can bet that time will stop and the investigation will turn heaven and earth to find out what happened.

We regular po' folk jus doan get none of tha justice!

[K9soul]

Actually, I wish my BIL was an Ex along with my sister, who is a pompous AH herself.

I actually must say that in the process of going through a divorce, my BIL was the kindest of my ex's family and was the one person that didn't treat me like I had vaporized into thin air suddenly. That is OT but your comment made me think about it.

I do agree that jobs of authority can attract ruthless people sometimes. And sometimes I just think "regular" people get in them and then get jaded by all they have to deal with. I'm glad to have experienced dealing with those who were respectful and polite in the past.

[Taz_Zoee]

Wow, I didn't read all of these posts. But that cop is not being right. Telling him to shut his mouth. Why can't he just let them go visit the dying woman and THEN give him the stupid ticket? I mean, yes he disobeyed the traffic laws, but come on!!!

I have heard of cases where the cop pulls someone over in a similar situation and they gave them a police escort to the hospital. I think it was a woman about to give birth or something like that. So of course there are good cops out there.

In the video the woman that comes to the car says it's his father and he says he's dying. So that's a little weird. When Ryan said it was his mother-in-law. And even after he's told that he still doesn't let him go into the hospital!! The family probably just had a nurse come out and tell the cop that.

OMG!!! At the end of the video (after he was done writing the ticket) he said - if you would have just told me what was going on we could have avoided this. I probably would have let you go.
Um....I believe he was told SEVERAL times what was going on. I mean, seriously!!!

[lvpets2002]

Yes your so correct about not enough good stories of Cops doing a good job.. I also was so so saddened when I heard of the 4 Gents Officers that lost their lives to that killer.. SO Horrible... Now I will state if you watch the video real close you will see that the guy in the car started mouthing first without slowly explaining himself.. The Officer did state that if the Gent in the car just have been calm & explained himself then all of the mouthing would not have gotten so heated up..

It's unfortunate we'll never really see good stories published about the things some cops have done to help people and the ways some show compassion. I experienced it myself in college when I was with a date and his car started going on the fritz, we were speeding in hopes of reaching a gas station before it quit on us. A cop pulled us over for speeding and the car died there. The cop drove us to a station, waited with us till we got the part needed (a belt) and took us back to put it in. He never mentioned nor wrote us a ticket, and stayed until he saw the car was running and that we weren't stranded.

My ex-BIL was also a cop as well as some family friends. I suppose if you had said "many" rather than "most" I might not have felt the need to respond, and I suppose it's a matter of wording. I just dislike seeing people grouped up as a whole. Four cops just lost their lives last week doing their job to protect the public.

I do think this particular man was a heartless jerk and deserves more than just being shuffled to a desk job.

[caseysmom]

Yes your so correct about not enough good stories of Cops doing a good job.. I also was so so saddened when I heard of the 4 Gents Officers that lost their lives to that killer.. SO Horrible... Now I will state if you watch the video real close you will see that the guy in the car started mouthing first without slowly explaining himself.. The Officer did state that if the Gent in the car just have been calm & explained himself then all of the mouthing would not have gotten so heated up..

I was thinking that also however when you are in a situation like that you are usually hyper and not thinking, too bad the cop wasn't more understanding of that.

[Taz_Zoee]

Yes your so correct about not enough good stories of Cops doing a good job.. I also was so so saddened when I heard of the 4 Gents Officers that lost their lives to that killer.. SO Horrible... Now I will state if you watch the video real close you will see that the guy in the car started mouthing first without slowly explaining himself.. The Officer did state that if the Gent in the car just have been calm & explained himself then all of the mouthing would not have gotten so heated up..

Like Caseysmom said - he was excited and stressed. He DID tell him, in fact he yelled it several times. And so did the woman who first got out of the car. She tried explaining to him and the cop just kept saying - get back!!! Not listening to her at all.

Point is even after someone else came and told him what was going on (a few different people) he still didn't let him go!
Ok, I need to stop now. I'm getting too angry and there's nothing I can do about it anyway. LOL

[boomersooner]

I live in a suburb of Dallas....I heard he issued an apology today, but I haven't heard it.. I personally think he should lose his job because I honestly don't think he believed he did anything wrong...They had one of his immediate supervisors on the news last night, I think, and he said the cop just kept telling him he felt he did everything right...THAT thinking is very SCARY! About the video...a security guard and a nurse came out and told the officer that the woman was about to die....The man needed to be with wife in what was probably the most difficult moment of her life, and he couldn't because of some overbearing officer. There are bad apples in every profession, and unfortunately, this man got the Dallas Police Dept's. best bad apple!!

[Medusa]

I saw on the news today that the cop has resigned and publicly apologized for his actions. I'm not litigious but I can say unequivocally that if that had been done to me, if my loved one wanted me there as she took her last breath and was probably afraid, and I was kept from being at her side, I would sue and sue big. To deny this person to be w/her daughter and son-in-law as she left this life is criminal, IMO, and should be treated as such.