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[Knight1989]

Actually the traffic is preatty slow. I'm just really agressive with traffic enforcement. My SGT loved when I would do that. The other patrols didnt care, it was actually kind of a game to keep up with me, they couldn't. I'm really proactive when I'm on patrol. I didnt really write that many tickets out of it. Maybe 6 a night on a busy night. Mostly they were just verbal warnings. I got a lot of DUI's and suspended DL's that way.

thats when I would patrol the base, since there wasnt much crime, we had to be much more proactive in order to find stuff. We had to go hunting to get a lot of our cases. When I would work on the civilian side, I wasn't nearly as big on traffic enforcement since we were always on call outs. I would maybe stop 5 cars a night. The downside of working 2 totally differant law enforcement jobs at once, you have to have completly differant styles and tactics depending on where your working at at the time.

 

[Fish_Whisperer]

Do you ever have a really crappy day, and then go to work and think to yourself:

"That's IT!! Today, EVERYONE'S getting a ticket, EVERYONE'S going to jail, EVERYONE'S cars are getting impounded, and EVERYONE'S getting deported, dammit!"

 

[papps953]

All the local agencies have computers in their cars. They can run driver and vehicle checks. They're also tied into a system called Bi-Pin. Any person who is contacted by a police officer goes into the system. Anytime a person is stopped they're plate goes into the system. It would be nice....

 

[TJcop]

Do you ever have a really crappy day, and then go to work and think to yourself:

"That's IT!! Today, EVERYONE'S getting a ticket, EVERYONE'S going to jail, EVERYONE'S cars are getting impounded, and EVERYONE'S getting deported, dammit!"

I'm one of the few people that can leave their baggage at the door. I won't take my problems out on the rest of the world. Now, there are times when I'm in a bad mood where just the opposite has happened....everyone gets let go! I say "screw it" and hide all shift. But those days are few and far between.

 

[papps953]

Generally if I'm having a bad day it's good for the public. I'm actually much more likely to give a warning then.

On the hiding subject, I can hide completely. One guy used to cover his car with tumble weeds!

 

[Fish_Whisperer]

That's what I thought. I know most officers are very professional, and yes, leave their personal baggage at home. I did the same as a medic working trauma medicine and handling combative patients, combative family members, doctors with a "God Complex," and spiteful nurses.

 

[TJcop]

I forgot to mention that "leaving the baggage at the door" goes the other way, too. When something bad happens at work (child death, assaults, battery, etc), I have to leave that at work. Now, my wife being curious as to the exciting stuff at work, I occasionally give her some info, but not everything.

 

[Fish_Whisperer]

I totally understand that.

 

[Scubatooth]

interesting toys would the expanding baton be the famous ASP or click click whoop it stick?


personally i have a great respect for LEO's as im working on a movie with a local dallas radio host who is doing a movie about police and also has a foundation that gives money to the familys of fallen officers in the dallas area.

below are the officers that the foundation has supported in the past couple of months

Officer Henery "Hank" Nava Jr EOW December 1st 2005 : Gunfire

Officer Brian Jackson EOW November 13th 2005: Gunfire

heres a link to the site of this persons foundation http://russmartin.com/listeners_foundation.asp
I furthermore have a great deal of respect for fire/ems personel as at this time im seeking a career in fire/ems as i start paramedic training in 12 days so that when i get my certification i can go work for a department. its hard to explain to those who dont work in the field as why we do what we do . for me it was a calling that was awakened after a close friend was critically hurt, for which is why i have started down this path to become a paramedic firefighter.

FWIW

Tooth

 

[TJcop]

...at this time im seeking a career in fire/ems as i start paramedic training in 12 days so that when i get my certification i can go work for a department...

Good thing you won't have to work for a living!

Just Kidding!!! Best of luck to you, and please STAY SAFE out there! Welcome to the thankless professions of the public service sector.