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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: EN4CER on November 08, 2004, 10:08:30 AM
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Curious if any other members of the Law Enforcement community are out there playing AH?
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there's like 3 or 4 coppers here i know of, i forgot who...
one is a sherrif in texas somewhere.
i believe maverick and fridaddy are
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Funkedup is a Rump Ranger, does that count?
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EN4CER,
Howdy. Retired here. Where ya at?
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Deputy county attorney.
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I'm a P.O. With the Riverhead Police Department - Long Island, New York http://www.riverheadli.com. Got 12 years on - 8 to go. Nice to see some fellow brothers in blue up here flying cause there are certainly some criminals playing this game. :D
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Originally posted by Dune
Deputy county attorney.
Dune,
You know the only reason we talk to ya is because you're a prosecutor instaed of a regular slime ball lawyer.................
:p ;) :D
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I obey the law, does that count?
:rofl
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Originally posted by Yeager
I obey the law, does that count?
:rofl
Yep and thankfully so as we don't enforce crimes against nature..... :p
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i know people who know people who are related to people who know people who know of a law enforcment guy type thingie
does that count?
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I worked at the Rose Bowl Lanes in Tulsa as a parking lot security guard for 3 months in 1986. I figure that makes me a crime fighter of some sorts.
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Originally posted by Maverick
Dune,
You know the only reason we talk to ya is because you're a prosecutor instaed of a regular slime ball lawyer.................
:p ;) :D
And who wants to settle for being a "regular" anything? Now be nice or I'll send something back for further investigation.
:p
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Originally posted by vorticon
i know people who know people who are related to people who know people who know of a law enforcment guy type thingie
does that count?
well my best friend is a police auxllary, his father a copper, grandad a copper, 2 uncles firefighters, other frineds dad a , copper, uncle a copper, aunt a copper, other uncle a firefighter
4th of july a fun time with this group
guess im a public servant by association
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Originally posted by Creamo
I worked at the Rose Bowl Lanes in Tulsa as a parking lot security guard for 3 months in 1986. I figure that makes me a crime fighter of some sorts.
Wow, I worked security at Kona Lanes in Costa Mesa around the same time! We are truely part of a special brotherhood.
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My father was a peaceofficer. The majority of you have probably seen him on a rerun of COPS.
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Originally posted by SunKing
My father was a peaceofficer. The majority of you have probably seen him on a rerun of COPS.
the one who pulls his gun on the black homless jay-walker during the middle of the day?
LOL sorry have to dig on those over-zealous cops
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I loved the "Cops" show where the guy gets all over zealous and breaks throgh a woman's house windows to get to her because he thinks her house was on fire.
Turns out it was the house behind hers that was on fire and he broke the windows unnnecessarily.
I'm betting he still gets ribbed alot about that one.
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Originally posted by EN4CER
I'm a P.O. With the Riverhead Police Department - Long Island, New York http://www.riverheadli.com. Got 12 years on - 8 to go. Nice to see some fellow brothers in blue up here flying cause there are certainly some criminals playing this game. :D
Hmm...
My brother is a Deputy Sheriff with Suffolk County, and he works out of Riverhead. Small world.
My regards,
Widewing
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I got out of the police academy about 3 weeks ago. I'm in hiring processes at a couple departments in Michigan.
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Originally posted by Tarmac
I got out of the police academy about 3 weeks ago. I'm in hiring processes at a couple departments in Michigan.
All thanks to me!
Yup, if the good ole gunslinger never taught Tarmac here how to do proper military creases its very likely to say he would have never made it.
;)
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Former Sheriff's Deputy here.
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My Grandfather was a Detroit police officer. My Sister is a reserve police officer outside of Columbus and a full-time police officer for Norfolk & Southern railroad. I failed to get into the police academy because of the vision requirements.
I am a self-described wanna-be. :D
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Full time copper here........
North Canton, Ohio
Rob53
Old Turks
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Rob53, <
>... I haven't seen you since Air Warrior went under.
I hope your life is going well :)
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Originally posted by Gunslinger
All thanks to me!
Yup, if the good ole gunslinger never taught Tarmac here how to do proper military creases its very likely to say he would have never made it.
;)
Heh, yeah, thanks for the help on that one. That would have been messy. The other poor saps that didn't figure out military creases got a chewing out the entire next week. :)
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15 years in
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Originally posted by Yeager
I obey the law, does that count?
:rofl
So do I.
Well the ones I agree with anyway :D
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24 years in.
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I like women in prison movies....
does that count? :p
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Originally posted by Tarmac
I got out of the police academy about 3 weeks ago. I'm in hiring processes at a couple departments in Michigan.
How does that work?
I know that in the USA, the police depts. are set-up and run completely different from ours, don't the police services run their own academys for recruiting where you are?
Tronsky
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HHoganis a cop..down south,..hes one scary SOB
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Originally posted by -tronski-
How does that work?
I know that in the USA, the police depts. are set-up and run completely different from ours, don't the police services run their own academys for recruiting where you are?
Tronsky
Tronski,
It depends on the area of the country and the size of the department. Smaller agencies cannot afford their own training facitlities. They either "borrow' another agencies or there is a facility that has been approved by the law enforcement accreditation office to train the "generic" subjects and the local agency fills in the rest. Usually a local community college or university does this.
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Originally posted by G0ALY
24 years in.
God Bless - By the way I have ask about the Call Sign? Hockey, Soccer, Lacrosse? Goalie was my position in Hockey and Soccer. Nothing better than "Tending the Net." The best position with the best view and the most playing time. :aok
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My Dad has been the chief of police in the town I grew up in for years. Hope he retires soon... too much stress on him.
As far as in game, I know that GSofAW is a retired officer in Calif. somewhere.. and I heard HHogan is.
Good to have you guys out there as police officers, grew up around a bunch of them thanks to my Dad, and still know a gaggle of them today on various assignments. You guys be careful out there
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Originally posted by EN4CER
God Bless - By the way I have ask about the Call Sign? Hockey, Soccer, Lacrosse? Goalie was my position in Hockey and Soccer. Nothing better than "Tending the Net." The best position with the best view and the most playing time. :aok
The GameID comes from Airwarrior where we were only able to use 5 letters, so Goalie was shortened... Everyone on my hockey team just called me "goalie" most likely because I spent most of my pre-games drinking beer and never really bothered to introduce myself... I also drank a beer in the 60 seconds that we were given between each period. So maybe they were occasionaly using my name and I never knew it. I played until last winter when I took another bad hit... I still think about putting on the pads for one more season.
Here is my old virtual holiday greating that I sent out to the AirWarrior guys several years ago. (I have'nt had the heart to take it down)
http://www.homestead.com/goaly/xmas.html
As for the career, I started young. I will be 49 when I get my 30 years in... and then I'll do something a little more enjoyable.
Tarmac, I won't bore you with a lot of advice except this.... Keep as many friendships that you can that have nothing to do with law enforcement. You will need to get away from it when you are off the clock. AcesHigh is a good escape too.
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I have a question for all you law enforcement officers out there. I was in a pub in Doolin County Clare (Ireland) last sunday. Virtually the entire bar area was covered in Police patches from it seems every state of the union and beyond. There were a few licence plates and some from the USAF and Navy but mostly it was American police patches with a few fire departments thrown in. I've seen it in a number of bars here particularly those frequented by Americans. The one in Doolin was about 80% American clientele the night I was there.
What is it with the patch thing? Do American cops travel everywhere with a bundle of them ready to hand out or swap? Some must have quite a collection by now.
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Originally posted by cpxxx
What is it with the patch thing? Do American cops travel everywhere with a bundle of them ready to hand out or swap? Some must have quite a collection by now.
Pretty much. Patch trading is a pretty big thing I've found.
And to everyone out there on the front lines. As I tell every class I teach at a local academy (I teach juvie law), I really thank and admire you all for choosing law enforcement.
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Yes, American cops like to hand out patches, usually in exchange for more patches. :) A lot of professors at my university had their offices covered in patches from all over the place, from England and Canada to Singapore and Thailand.
Thx goaly, never hurts to hear a bit of advice from someone who's been there for real.
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I'm not a Patch Head but it is quite popular. My extracurricular Police related activity is playing the Bagpipes.
TARMAC – GOALY is 100% right about keeping non related police friends. Bottom line - your career will end some day - its inevitable - you can't be a cop forever so make the best of it. Walk in the door with 2 eyes, 10 fingers, 10 toes, and your CPU (Brain) intact and 20 years later walk out the same way. Eating, Breathing, and Sleeping too much Blue is just not healthy - leave the job at the job. War stories get old and repetitive fast plus the guys that are “Tackleberry Buffs - All Business” 24/7 drive you nuts sometimes. They are actually fun to mess with though – kind of like the guys who take this game serious. :D
My three rules (In proper Order)
1. I go home at the end of the Tour.
2. Guys working with me go home.
3. The Paycheck is in my box every other Thursday.
The rest is all fluff.
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Originally posted by Tarmac
Yes, American cops like to hand out patches, usually in exchange for more patches. :) A lot of professors at my university had their offices covered in patches from all over the place, from England and Canada to Singapore and Thailand.
Thx goaly, never hurts to hear a bit of advice from someone who's been there for real.
Interesting, I remember seeing some on the walls of the airport police office here. Actually I've never seen a patch for our main police force the 'Garda'. They wear metal badges but I imagine they have one for swopping.
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Quote from Goaly:
Tarmac, I won't bore you with a lot of advice except this.... Keep as many friendships that you can that have nothing to do with law enforcement. You will need to get away from it when you are off the clock. AcesHigh is a good escape too.
This is absolutely good advice. It's real easy to get sucked into the us vs them mindset and end up associating with nothing but other cops. Believe it or not, there IS life after pulling the pin. It's damn scary to think of it at the end of the career and that is why some guys stay for 30+ years. They can't envision anything but working and that's all they know.
Cultivate outside friends and interests. Retirement allows you to see that the world is a much larger place then your beat. Make it to the end and move on to other things. It will still be a part of you, no one ever really gets away from it totally but you don't have to let it be your life.