Author Topic: Law Enforcement Members (Read 920 times)

GreenCloud · « **Reply #30 on:** November 10, 2004, 04:21:18 AM »

HHoganis a cop..down south,..hes one scary SOB

Maverick · « **Reply #31 on:** November 10, 2004, 10:03:04 AM »

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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.

EN4CER · « **Reply #32 on:** November 10, 2004, 10:48:44 AM »

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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.

Howitzer · « **Reply #33 on:** November 10, 2004, 11:38:37 AM »

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

G0ALY · « **Reply #34 on:** November 10, 2004, 05:40:44 PM »

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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.

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.

cpxxx · « **Reply #35 on:** November 10, 2004, 05:58:04 PM »

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.

Dune · « **Reply #36 on:** November 10, 2004, 06:54:20 PM »

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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.~~

Tarmac · « **Reply #37 on:** November 10, 2004, 07:27:11 PM »

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.

EN4CER · « **Reply #38 on:** November 10, 2004, 07:52:03 PM »

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.

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.

cpxxx · « **Reply #39 on:** November 10, 2004, 08:22:06 PM »

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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.

Maverick · « **Reply #40 on:** November 10, 2004, 09:15:29 PM »

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.