Originally posted by Maverick
lizard, FYI college is now a common requirement for the job. A particular major is not necessarily required nor is a 4 year degree required. In my department you must have at least 2 years to be considered, period.
Yes I do say that most cops are pretty damn good. I would wager that I have met far more than you have and have a far better grasp of the situation. The real crying shame is that the pool to draw on for new officers is the same gene pool that you came from. It means that someone with an attitude like yours has to be weeded out but nothing is perfect.
Frankly I find you ignorance and extreme prejudice to be more than a bit over the top. You really should grow up someday.
apathy, read the article. The investigation is checking to see IF there is a connection. Again with a blinding leap of intuition you have made the connection already and are assured that the bodies are all related to the same situation. Wait for the investigation to be concluded. If they are related you may dance with glee all you want. 
As to why I feel you have branded all cops the same,. read your own posts. I have already quoted you once on it.
College requirement of at least 2 years is common? Common in your dept., but, are you generalizing? Thats probably not common. No degree is required, just 2 years of attendance? Grades? Just show up for 2 years, well, that weeds out allot.
So, according to you, most cops are good. Good what? Good cops? And that means what? Arresting perps? Or are you saying they're good people? If they are good people, do they consider civi's people, or just the fraternal order people people? Do they treat people with respect? Obey all laws as if upholding the law was there job? Do they as well as you feel that laws are those thing with which they use to keep the "bad people" down? Or is the law a sacred trust that they're privledged to uphold? You know these cops so well, answer some of those questions about your co-workers and yourself. Did you answer the question about tickets? I musta missed it. Its not an evil thing to get out of a ticket, but it is indicitive of the attidtude that permeates your profession.
OK, you need to explain this a bit further.
"The real crying shame is that the pool to draw on for new officers is the same gene pool that you came from. It means that someone with an attitude like yours has to be weeded out but nothing is perfect."
What do you mean by "weeded out"? Capped? Man, I could take that as a threat, but since I KNOW you didn't mean that, I'll just let it slide(unlike a cop huh?) and think you mean that if people like me applied for cop jobs we should not be accepted. Huh, thats what you meant. Of course thats pretty stupid as no one(most people) with an attitude like mine would never even entertain the thought of being a cop. You knew that didn't ya? Which brings us back to...OH, it WAS a threat.
So, now we've established what kinda cop a "good" cop is, what woulda "bad" cop have done? Find some nefarious means to track me down and cap me for even thinking cops suck.
Whats funny is, my attitude and thinking isn't over the top as you say. Its relatively common. There are many who go ALLOT further than I do with their views. I'm all growed up.
I didn't just get where I'm at from making stuff up. I like most people form there views from experience and observation of the world around them. To discount my views as some bad genetics gone amuck is to bury your head in the sand and wish a prefect world with a perfect department.
Go suck a jelly doughnut.
