01-29-2008, 06:43 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tucson, Mexico
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| An interesting morning I went to work at 6 a.m. and was working by myself. No one was going to be there for about 4 hours. As I parked the truck I noticed the front window of the building was broken out. Its a pretty big 4 foot square window. I figured maybe some punk hoodlum kid threw a rock. I then went to unlock the front door and a small pane of glass in the door was also broken. Since I live less than one minute away from work, I went home, grabbed a .357 and went back. I searched the building and it was pretty ransacked. Then the fun started!! The building has an alarm and it went off last night. The owner was called but he...and I'm serious..he forgot. Then the alarm company was suppose to call police...they didnt. I called 911 this morning. They got screwed up and didnt send a cop for 4 hours after the call! It was a total fiasco and everybody dropped the ball. Thats twice in one year this place has been burglarized and this is the last time I'm going in with a gun. Not my job! Altough I would like to drop a meth head thief but thats not in my job description. |
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01-29-2008, 07:17 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2008
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| Don't blame you one bit snakebite save your freedom for when you and or your family is in danger. gee were was the police? just proves they can't be every where |
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01-29-2008, 07:23 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern tube Louisiana
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| If he likes taking things that don't belong to him give him a bullet [right between the eyes]
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01-29-2008, 07:27 PM
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| Senior Member   Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas
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| The Cops were at the Donut shop that early in the morning ! |
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01-29-2008, 08:15 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007
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| Sad but not uncommon. I noticed disclaimers on a lot of security services ads (in extremely fine print) to the effect of "the company is not to be held legally responsible if the police fail to respond." Couple that with the fact that even the police are not to be held legally responsible if they fail to respond. It's really nobody's job, I guess. |
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01-30-2008, 12:18 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Oklahoma
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| Sad but true. |
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01-30-2008, 12:42 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Northern Illinois
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I take it there is no video surveillance there? Might want to invest in it, at least for the outside to see who's coming in. Sorry it happened. I decided to put 2 B/W bullet cameras up, get a DVR recorder and a monitor because some jerk kept steeling the front plate off my truck. Of course now they won't do it. Well I suppose if I replaced it a third time they might, but I said screw it, I'm not buying another one, the back one is there and that's the one that counts. G-Meister
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01-30-2008, 12:43 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Jay, Oklahoma, God's country.
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| One, two, three, PUKE! The police ain't out there to protect you or your property, and this just adds more weight to the statement. What if you were bleeding to death? Sorry, Mrs. Snakebite, but we had to finish donuts and coffee first, and by the time we got there, poor ole Snakebite was bled out! And yet they want to disarm us and leave us to the tender mercies of the criminals! Don't make sense to ME!!!!
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01-30-2008, 12:52 PM
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| "Blazing Saddles" GOV  Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Johnson Creek, WI
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| Seabeescotty, as a 14+ year cop, obviously the job is to protect the populous, sometimes it is just not possible to protect the single person. If a cop knew that time was of the essence, they'd be there. I can say that with integrity from personal experience. If a cop knew something was going to happen or if he/she could make a difference to stop it, trust me when I tell you this... we surely would do what we could to make a difference. Unfortunately, police are reactive by nature... kinda like Firemen,we attempt to be proactive but sometimes, it just simply does not work out. If I/we could prevent something we would... honestly. Personally... if it were an armed intruder, I'd hope that the person would repel borders and fight back. As a cop, I'd take any and all help... legitimacy would help. Sometimes you take what you can get.... |
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01-30-2008, 01:20 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Too Dang Hot, Arizona
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 Total assine statement from an as.....nevermind! Freakin' idiotic comment form an id....never mind. scotty, you're are quickly showing your true anti-everything colors! Quote:
Apparently a relative of scotty. Dumb, dumb, dumb sterotypical comment! Some fo the left wing radicals in here need to step back and get a clue! I will further discuss this issue with the clueless only when they show they have sufficient gray matter between the ears to decifer an intelligent conversation and logic. GONE!
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01-30-2008, 01:23 PM
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| "Blazing Saddles" GOV Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Johnson Creek, WI
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| I wouldn't go that far against Seabeescotty ... As a cop, I see his statement "Sorry, Mrs. Snakebite, but we had to finish donuts and coffee first, and by the time we got there, poor ole Snakebite was bled out!" as not that true... but would not help that against him. There are some out there who would... Dale... I see how you would take exception to that... as I did. |
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01-30-2008, 03:40 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas
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| Wait just a minute Dale ! I hope others relized I said what I said out of humor. If you didn't know, my son is an LEO (COP) When he was a local city police officer he and most of our police force spent most of there time in the HOODS trying to keep normacy. Most decent cops took there oath seriously to protect and serve and put there life on the line. When you call 911 or the Police station they have to take enough information to know where to go and what to expect and this sometime slows them from getting there as well. Again if I offended I appologize !!! But LOL I swear they do love Donuts !!! |
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01-30-2008, 04:46 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: central Arkansas
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| Don't worry about it AH, it sounds like Dale needs a humor check, at the very least. Seriously though, I have the greatest of respect for LEO(1 nephew, 1 niece) but I also face reality; 6:am is close to shift change and a burglery is a low priority call if the perp is gone. I'm not surprised but I don't blame the cops, that's just the way life is. Mom was the only one there 24/7 and then only when I was a baby. Take care of yourselves, call 911 if you can't handle the situation(man w/gun, etc.) but don't blame police if they're aren't there in ten sec. Besides, there are a lot of donut cops in the world, after all, they are humans, aren't they? Snuffy
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01-30-2008, 07:30 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Jay, Oklahoma, God's country.
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| Well, I see my dumb humor was taken a bit too serious again, and I apologize!! I have known some of the finest police officers ever to wear the uniform, and would never do anything to offend them. I've also had a few occasions that desperately needed the presence of an officer of the law. The culprit got away, things calmed down, and the next morning I got a call, "do you still need an officer's assistance?" Now, I really didn't mean to offend you, Dale, and if you took it personally, I'm sorry. And Larry, if you took exception, I'm sorry again. I've been around awhile, and have seen some pretty bad examples of police officers, BUT I never lump everyone into a stereotypical sack! If the fact that A.H. and I live in the south makes us ignorant and down home stupid, well I guess I'll have to take exception to THAT! If you're good at your job, don't take a dumb joke seriously. Now with all that said, I don't have a problem with police officers, they can't be everywhere at once, and that's why I figure that someday I'll have to defend my wife or myself. I guess if I'm as stupid as you made ME out to be, I prob'ly oughta git off this here forum! Maybe I should send all the LEO's private apologies!!
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02-01-2008, 12:46 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas
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| Scotty you stop worrying about your humor and have a good time !!!!  |
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02-01-2008, 06:22 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: South east Wisconsin
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| A lot of times when I see a LEO I can't help but think that we go out of our way to thank our troops who serve and have served overseas. As we should. To them we all owe a great debt of gratitude. But, we often forget or neglect to thank those who serve our urban and rural battlefields every day and night. Instead of carrying an m4 or m60 with 20 guys and gals around them they go into battle armed with light handguns, maybe a partol rifle and shotgun and their wits. Help for them may be only one other person and it may take minutes to come. I have had run ins with bad cops. But, I have to remember the cold snowy night when a state trooper stopped to help me when my car broke down. He stayed with me for two hours and let me sit in his warm car until help arrived. Or the ones that guarded my family's belongings from the crowds after our house had burned to the ground two days before Christmas. Then there was the officer who knocked on my door to tell me that he just stopped a couple of vandles. We need to remember that LEO are human beings doing a very hard job. They have faults as we all do. But they do a very very hard job that receives little thanks. So, with this in mind and all humor aside I say thanks to our LEOs. I also noticed that the orginal posters location was in Mexico. There is a BIG difference in law enforcement across the border than on this side.
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02-01-2008, 07:19 AM
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| I did not know this was a Cop bashing site or I would have never joined. I hope it makes people feel good about themselves when they make comments about the police like was made here. What I'd like to say, I won't because I do have to much respect for other people. I can say that the people that make these comments are usually the first to call the police when they need help. If someone was to check they would also find that people like this most likely have made more calls to the police than a lot of other people. With that said Good morning everyone.
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02-01-2008, 08:06 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Oklahoma
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| This thread I feel is not cop bashing!! There are every type of people in this forum that come from diffrent parts of U.S.A.Most of them have a different kind of HUMOR so a person should not look at it as a personal attack.I feel real sad that most of the comments were like twisted. I would rather be around people who have a good sense of humor anyday than be around people who take things as a attack on them.Life is to short to be angry all the time!! Wake up with a smile in the morning and keep it for the day,it's the way to look at life..........
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02-01-2008, 10:11 AM
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| I am not trying to get off on the wrong foot with anyone on this site. Maybe it was the time & way the statement was presented. I can take the donut jokes but when someone Say's that an Officer does not care and would leave someone to bleed out so he could finish a donut. Well that's a bit much. Because if I knew an Officer like that I would be the first to bring him up on charges. I did not look at this as a personal attack, but an attack on all Leo's. Maybe I did not see the humor and if it was meant as a joke. Then I apologize.
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02-01-2008, 10:36 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York
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| This is not a thread to attack LEO's. If you've been here long enough, you'll realize that there are many LEO's here on our forums. The Police do a wonderful job with what they HAVE.. They can't be in every place all the time, and they have to prioritize their calls,i.e. calls that are happening real time, the serious nature of the call, etc. There are some bad cops, some bad teachers, some bad taxi cab drivers, some bad grocery clerks, etc. Catch my drift?? God bless them all, and keep them safe and their families, every day!!!  |
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