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Re: Cops Speeding



In article <424k3s$aut@bud.shadow.net>, bozak@anshar.shadow.net (jjbl) says:
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>Alexander Lygin (piela@deltanet.com) wrote:
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>: Listen people, I hate speeding tickets too, but let me ask you something:
>: How often do you go for a snack during your work time? For cup of tea or coffee?
>
>Not often.  I'm too busy _working_, usually.
>
>: And do you really think that cops are robots but not human creatures? And if you
>
>No, I think that cops are humans, all right.  They have the _very_ human 
>tendency of getting into power trips, and to think themselves above the 
>law they're _sworn_ to uphold.
>
>: patrolling down darn freeway as you do every other day and stop speeders that
>: mutter almost the same "I was looking for toilet, sir" and right at this time you notice that
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>It's their job, dude.  If they don't like it, they should look into 
>another line of work.  They take upon themselves one of the most serious 
>jobs there is.  They _need_ to live up to the standards they enforce 
>against other people.
>
>: nearest snack shop closes in 20 min and you are damn hungry, what you would do?
>
>
>Well, life's rough and all, but that's too bad.  Can you imagine what a 
>cop would say to you if you got pulled over and used "The snack shop 
>closes in 20 minutes and I'm hungry." as an excuse to get out of a ticket?
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>There are no double standards when it comes to law enforcement, as much 
>as some LEO's would like you to think that there are.
>
>: The other story is why they are so concentrated on speeding tickets than on real crime,
>: but particular officer is the last person whom should you blame. He does his job and he has
>: his own damn quota. Imagine yourself as police officer. 
>
>I _do_ blame the officers, because the officers are the best way to get 
>these silly quotas _removed_.  If they officers stood up and said "Hey, 
>there are serious problems that are being neglected due to 
>over-concenration on ticketing, and they lobbied and campaigned like they 
>do for other things, then quotas would fall.
>
>You know why this doesn't happen?  Cops are given incentives to trap 
>speeders.  Just the other day I was having a conversation with a former 
>cop that lives in my building about how they were encouraged to run 
>VASCAR traps on their days off to get bonuses in their pay.  That's out 
>and out bullshit.
>
>I could never imagine myself as a cop.  I have a conscience.  I have 
>morals.  I wouldn't be able to look the poor guy I wrote a ticket to for 
>doing 58 in a 50 (for $145+points) in the eye.  Especially when people 
>are dying in the streets all around me.  That's a crock of shit, that's 
>your local police.
>


Well, there are different kind of cops. Since they all are people, some of them still
are swines - the matter of statistics. The cop who gives speeding ticket for 58 in 50 is swine,
unless you have not done anything stupid in his view. I was talking about normal (honest) cop.
I would forgive that kind of person for taking cup of coffee few times during his duty.
Normal cop would forgive you for speeding because you are hungry, as I would do and 
probably you. In fact, I know quite many stories about forgiven people, it really happened
to friends of mine, not abstract people. Yes, cops could easily stop this stupid game but they
also see chain such as speeding tickets -> revenue -> their salary. I heard a story of en economist
who elaborated plan to cut expenses by cutting personel and was fired in the first turn after plan was
accepted.
 As for people dying in the streets - I agree 100%. But if you imagine small little town two miles away 
from freeway where every other house is protected by WESTEC or smth. like, quiet place with almost
no strangers, very low crime and etc. And this town's sheriff office consists of 20 officers, 15 of them are 
patrolling freeway and nail speeders, providing good revenue for the town. If they vote against this,
town will not need these 15 cops, they simply will be fired out and that's it. Yes, life is rough stuff and 
in the described case 15 officers have to accept this rule.


Sincerely,
	Alexander.


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