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View Poll Results: What is your "General Impression" of LEO
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They are usually pretty fair
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Most are corrupt & show favoritism to other LEO
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02-15-2011, 12:52 PM
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!ereH nI depparT m'I pleH
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: 25 miles south of Boston, MA. Also have a house in Dunedin FL.
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Name : Andy Anderson
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I've also heard it came from "civilian on patrol" as opposed to military on patrol which also happened WAYYYYYYYY back in the day.....
Andy
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02-15-2011, 02:17 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Me ,FL,
Posts: 1,669
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I travel all over the country and I am getting older but I see a lack of respect on both sides .I'm seeing more Leos with an attitude which goes back to poor training .I see more citizens which want to give lip when they know there wrong .This is again the results of poor training (by parents).
The last two ticket I received we're totally wrong .Both times I was calm courteous stated my plea and smiled listened to the officers mouth .I said nothing ,took the ticket and went to court .Both tickets we're tossed out after costing me a full days worth of my time.Both occurrences happened in the past couple of years in Maine .
Am I bitter ?Damn right ,If I saw an officer in distress I would not stop .
None of this would have happened ten years ago.
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02-15-2011, 04:02 PM
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Deceased
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Sunshine State
Posts: 1,268
Name : Bob Korreck
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vett boy
I travel all over the country and I am getting older but I see a lack of respect on both sides .I'm seeing more Leos with an attitude which goes back to poor training .I see more citizens which want to give lip when they know there wrong .This is again the results of poor training (by parents).
The last two ticket I received we're totally wrong .Both times I was calm courteous stated my plea and smiled listened to the officers mouth .I said nothing ,took the ticket and went to court .Both tickets we're tossed out after costing me a full days worth of my time.Both occurrences happened in the past couple of years in Maine .
Am I bitter ?Damn right ,If I saw an officer in distress I would not stop .
None of this would have happened ten years ago.
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vett boy, I've been thinking about your post and I wasn't going to say anything but I just can't let it slide. Even if things went down as you say I am having a hard time believing that you would not assist a fellow human being that needed your help just because they were a LEO.
Many of my friends are LEO's, active and retired and not one of them is as you have described. And every damn one of them would put it all on the line for you. I hope you think long and hard about what you've posted.
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02-15-2011, 05:08 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Me ,FL,
Posts: 1,669
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Originally Posted by Bob K
vett boy, I've been thinking about your post and I wasn't going to say anything but I just can't let it slide. Even if things went down as you say I am having a hard time believing that you would not assist a fellow human being that needed your help just because they were a LEO.
Many of my friends are LEO's, active and retired and not one of them is as you have described. And every damn one of them would put it all on the line for you. I hope you think long and hard about what you've posted.
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Well it doesn't surprise me that you and others are shocked but it's the way I honestly feel .A lot depends on the circumstance and under the heat of the moment I might assist but I'd say no and that doesn't bother my conscience at all.
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02-15-2011, 06:02 PM
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Deceased
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Sunshine State
Posts: 1,268
Name : Bob Korreck
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vett boy
Well it doesn't surprise me that you and others are shocked but it's the way I honestly feel .A lot depends on the circumstance and under the heat of the moment I might assist but I'd say no and that doesn't bother my conscience at all.
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I just asked if you would please think about it. That's why I thought awhile before posting cause I don't want any hard feelings. I consider everyone on here to be like a neighbor rather than just someone posting into outer space. We've all been on those sites where just about everyone posts just to hear themselves talk and no one gives a rip what they say.
I can honestly say in over 50 yrs of driving I only remember one prick and I beat him in court. Even his partner who showed up for the hearing said the charge was unjustified. I have had maybe more than my share of tickets but I earned all of them.
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02-15-2011, 07:02 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Me ,FL,
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Originally Posted by Bob K
I just asked if you would please think about it. That's why I thought awhile before posting cause I don't want any hard feelings.
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No hard feelings at all Bob .
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02-15-2011, 07:51 PM
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Road Trip!
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Port Labelle, Florida
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LEO's certainly deserve our respect...they are just like you and I...just like everywhere else, you will alway find a few bad apples here and there...
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02-15-2011, 08:11 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: port of indecision
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P-ride (or Patience, your choice)
I-ntergrity
G-uts
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02-15-2011, 08:53 PM
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Member
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Location: Cape Canaveral
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The "Thin Blue Line"
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02-15-2011, 09:07 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: On the road
Posts: 2,117
Name :
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vett boy
I travel all over the country and I am getting older but I see a lack of respect on both sides .I'm seeing more Leos with an attitude which goes back to poor training .I see more citizens which want to give lip when they know there wrong .This is again the results of poor training (by parents).
The last two ticket I received we're totally wrong .Both times I was calm courteous stated my plea and smiled listened to the officers mouth .I said nothing ,took the ticket and went to court .Both tickets we're tossed out after costing me a full days worth of my time.Both occurrences happened in the past couple of years in Maine .
Am I bitter ?Damn right ,If I saw an officer in distress I would not stop .
None of this would have happened ten years ago.
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I'm sorry you had a bad experience, but don't label us all the same. Like any other profession, there will be the bad apples. Make a complaint at the officer's agency (after you beat the charge in court). This will help them identify those that need to be "counseled" and perhaps receive remedial training.
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