Law Enforcement - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.....

Who was in the wrong?

  • Cop

    Votes: 23 20.2%
  • Dude who got shot

    Votes: 33 28.9%
  • I like turtles

    Votes: 58 50.9%

  • Total voters
    114
You would be amazed by the amount of crime stopper tips are based on hunches and information illegally obtained by police that called in to forward cases.
It gives them insulation and deniability if completely false and off base.
Any proceeds from rewards are pocketed as a bonus.
 
You would be amazed by the amount of crime stopper tips are based on hunches and information illegally obtained by police that called in to forward cases.
It gives them insulation and deniability if completely false and off base.
Any proceeds from rewards are pocketed as a bonus.
Like wikileaks, it would be amazing if much of the data was publicly dumped. Any cops found to play that game get to explain to the board how they got the information and why they decided to go around their employer.
 
Just goes to show even 30 years of seeing the negative things that can happen first hand with impaired driving doesn't mean much. Bad decisions to get behind the wheel can happen to anyone.

I knew before I read the article "suspended with pay". That's an effing vacation.
 
I knew before I read the article "suspended with pay". That's an effing vacation.
Douggie could easily change legislation to take years off the process (PSA charges should be able to be adjudicated before trial as the bar is much much much lower). He chooses not to.
 
Douggie could easily change legislation to take years off the process (PSA charges should be able to be adjudicated before trial as the bar is much much much lower). He chooses not to.
The bar is somewhat lower, however, first having a criminal conviction heads off almost all wrongful dismissal suits.
 
Like wikileaks, it would be amazing if much of the data was publicly dumped. Any cops found to play that game get to explain to the board how they got the information and why they decided to go around their employer.
No they are in the clear as crime stoppers is based on anonymity, the tipster gets a code number that they can give at a number of pick up locations to redeem the cash with no questions asked.
 
No they are in the clear as crime stoppers is based on anonymity, the tipster gets a code number that they can give at a number of pick up locations to redeem the cash with no questions asked.
That assumes both that none messed up and attached information that could be tied to them and that CS doesn't have recordings.
 
OPP. The employer of choice when you want to hit and kill pedestrians while travelling 50% above the speed limit as a fast track to promotion.

It is good for moral, keeps the troops writing plenty of coupons....
 
OPP. The employer of choice when you want to hit and kill pedestrians while travelling 50% above the speed limit as a fast track to promotion.

With the rare exception of deliberate murder by motor vehicle most deaths are poorly punished because they are treated like accidents, making them sound like unpredictable happenings. The reality is they are deaths by ignorance or lack of attention to the laws.

A civilian that left turned into a motorcycle killing him got a $600 fine with time to pay. If they had collision forgiveness their premium wouldn't go up.

The key word is deliberate. "Oops, I'm sorry. My condolences."

I can't help but wonder if a LEO badge getting used too often becomes an accepted get-out-of-jail card and LEO's become higher risk drivers all the time. Most of us worry about the speeding fine and insurance hit, not the chance of killing someone. If you have a get out of jail badge does it minimize the level of caution and unpunished speeding becomes an accepted perk of the job.
 
This one could go into multiple threads, e-bike, bad drivers and here...

Last week there was an e-bike (cargo style) rider down in the undivided bike lane RY at a side street. I did not see the accident but fire was there and I did not see a damaged vehicle, so maybe hit and run? Fire was working on the rider, it looked serious and they were eventually taken away by ambulance.

Then the police block off the street (and access to our driveway, diverting busses, etc.), they have things blocked off but don't seemed to be doing anything, no photos, just standing around. We ask, they say we are waiting to see what the hospital says??? A half hour later they leave, I guess he made it?
 
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