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<blockquote data-quote="OK Corgi Rancher" data-source="post: 3944655" data-attributes="member: 45773">Well, I&#039;m honestly not that interested in spending 20 mins watching that video.&nbsp; Besides...it sounds like the issue has been resolved by a court so it really doesn&#039;t matter what I think.You obviously don&#039;t know this, but...&nbsp; I left law enforcement after nearly 15 years for a lot of reasons people object to the police in the first place.&nbsp; And I had a really good career going...SWAT, firearms instructor, training officer and shift supervisor for the last 3 years.I never saw what I considered to be corruption or &quot;bad&quot; cops.&nbsp; There were some who did things they shouldn&#039;t have done but, in my experience, they were punished (up to termination) by the dept or by their fellow officers.&nbsp; Few people outside of law enforcement believe this but a bad cop&#039;s worst enemy is the other good cops.Most of the &quot;bad&quot; I saw was just in the form of being lazy or not carrying their share of the workload.&nbsp; I never did like the &quot;us vs them&quot; mentality.&nbsp; On the other hand, this thread and some of the comments in it, which are typical of this group, makes it really easy to understand why so many cops feel the way they do towards the people they&#039;re supposed to be serving.&nbsp; It&#039;s a two-way street. I also didn&#039;t like the way so many depts were trending towards becoming para-military type organizations.&nbsp; For many cops, the job defines them.&nbsp; It&#039;s the only thing they know.&nbsp; I wasn&#039;t one of those types.&nbsp; I enjoyed my job for many years but I wasn&#039;t afraid to leave it when I was no longer happy.I&#039;ve never said there are no bad cops.&nbsp; We all know that&#039;s not the case.&nbsp; But that&#039;s because police departments hire people and sometimes one slips thru the cracks that shouldn&#039;t.&nbsp; It sucks for everyone.&nbsp; People pretty much just suck, regardless of their occupation.I&#039;ll tell you this...I couldn&#039;t do the job today.&nbsp; There are far too many a-holes out there whose mission in life is to make life miserable for all police officers, good and bad.&nbsp; I&#039;d be in jail if I&#039;d had to deal with some of these people I listen to and see on YT videos day in and day out.&nbsp; And that&#039;s the truth.&nbsp; Then again, it might be worth it judging by some of the s**t I&#039;ve seen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OK Corgi Rancher, post: 3944655, member: 45773"] Well, I'm honestly not that interested in spending 20 mins watching that video. Besides...it sounds like the issue has been resolved by a court so it really doesn't matter what I think. You obviously don't know this, but... I left law enforcement after nearly 15 years for a lot of reasons people object to the police in the first place. And I had a really good career going...SWAT, firearms instructor, training officer and shift supervisor for the last 3 years. I never saw what I considered to be corruption or "bad" cops. There were some who did things they shouldn't have done but, in my experience, they were punished (up to termination) by the dept or by their fellow officers. Few people outside of law enforcement believe this but a bad cop's worst enemy is the other good cops. Most of the "bad" I saw was just in the form of being lazy or not carrying their share of the workload. I never did like the "us vs them" mentality. On the other hand, this thread and some of the comments in it, which are typical of this group, makes it really easy to understand why so many cops feel the way they do towards the people they're supposed to be serving. It's a two-way street. I also didn't like the way so many depts were trending towards becoming para-military type organizations. For many cops, the job defines them. It's the only thing they know. I wasn't one of those types. I enjoyed my job for many years but I wasn't afraid to leave it when I was no longer happy. I've never said there are no bad cops. We all know that's not the case. But that's because police departments hire people and sometimes one slips thru the cracks that shouldn't. It sucks for everyone. People pretty much just suck, regardless of their occupation. I'll tell you this...I couldn't do the job today. There are far too many a-holes out there whose mission in life is to make life miserable for all police officers, good and bad. I'd be in jail if I'd had to deal with some of these people I listen to and see on YT videos day in and day out. And that's the truth. Then again, it might be worth it judging by some of the s**t I've seen. [/QUOTE]

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