Knuckleheads

[Rogerson785]

In about nine months and I hope to be employed and enrolled at the Ada County Sheriff’s Academy in Boise Idaho, it’s in my blood I can feel it, it is like the jolt us kilties get when we hear the bagpipes.

[Frank McGrath]

If you ever get down and feel bad about your life, just watch a few episodes of Cops. You gotta be doing better than the morons on that show.

[Dr Mac]

Already had a stout appreciation for law enforcement when I went through a Citizen Police Academy. Recommend it to everyone for increasing awareness of the amazing job the men and women who wear the badge do every day so professionally.

[Howard Clark]

Yes indeed. I served as a reserve deputy for a little over a year and a half. I learned many, many things. A great deal of respect for those who do it as a calling (and I believe it IS a calling, not a job). I wasn't cut out for it. I see things in technicolor, but the law is black and white.

Best to say nothing when in the cuffs, until your lawyer arrives. No matter who you are or what you are accused of.

And human nature has never changed, ever.

Making poor choices is what gets a lot of individuals into the cuffs. He just made another one in telling so much. I suspect there is a pattern here. Just a guess.

[Streetcar]

Yes indeed. I served as a reserve deputy for a little over a year and a half. I learned many, many things. A great deal of respect for those who do it as a calling (and I believe it IS a calling, not a job). I wasn't cut out for it. I see things in technicolor, but the law is black and white.

Believe it or not, most good cops see in "technicolor" also. Few departments want mindless automatons who see things as binary solutions. If you look at the mission statements of most law enforcement agencies in this country, you will see that "Keep the Peace" is usually listed before "Enforce the Law." That is why officers are given discretion. In Casey's example, it is doubtful that a search warrant will be launched based on that one comment. But if that information is passed on to the follow up unit, they may be able to confirm the lad's story and drop the charge all together. Take the example a little further, and the "cousin" may get hit for filing a false report. Either way, their narcotics unit will have a lead on a potential drug dealer (the cousin). I guess I'm failing to see how this is a bad thing.

[Fox]

I have much more respect for the individual who can do their job without such dehumanizing and hateful attitudes.

And to think they walk among us, reproduce, and even vote (at times)!

[Carolina Kiltman]

. . .A nod of the hat to all the policemen and firemen on Xmarks. To paraphrase, "I sleep peacefully in bed at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us."

I'll add to that, not only a tip of the hat, but a sweeping, formal bow in addition! You guys do a wonderful job!