You are nothing except revenue takers.
Wow. That's pretty rough.
The LEO's I know personally got into the job and stay there for one reason. To help people. That's all. They weren't looking for any special treatment.
The same reason I am trying. To help people. I am good at breaking up fights. I am good at keeping the peace. I am trying to join up to keep people safe.
It's wrong to paint all Leos with the same tar brush. Sure, some are bad apples. Every profession has them.
When I was in the Police Academy, I saw a lot of things that really ticked me off. The state of CA is actively turning new recruits into JBTs. They are trained in the mindset of "us v. them". It's one of the things I plan to fight against.
I was injured in the academy 2 weeks before graduation. Otherwise, I'd be out there on the street right now, doing my damnedest to keep the public from being shot, stabbed, raped or otherwise injured. As it is, I work 40 hours a week in a 55+ community of 10,000 people as a public safety officer. I help elderly folks in and out of their homes, I unlock them when they forget their keys. I give them oxygen when they're having trouble breathing and the paramedics are still 10 miles down the road. I use a cardiac defibrilation device when their hearts stop. Some of them don't make it. I am happy to help the ones who do.
I deal with urine and feces and vomit, on a daily basis. I take abuse from senile folks who think I am shooting them with "beams" to control their minds. I do it every day, because I care and I want to help. The same reason I want to be a peace officer.
Every week, on one of my days off, I work as a bouncer at a local bar. I make sure drunks get in a cab, and not their car. I cut guys off who have had to much and are embarrassing themselves. I send the drunken blonde home in a cab instead of with the guy who just came in and claims to be her "boyfriend", when she says she doesn't know him.
I do all of it to help people. When I am a peace officer, I'll be doing much the same. Helping. That's my motivation. And it is the motivation of every LEO I personally know.
That said, there are some who are a disgrace to the shield they wear. The entire LAPD needs to be retrained. But their bad behavior is a symptom of where they are and what CA teaches new recruits.
If our resident LEOs were JBTs, they wouldn't be here tring to debate. They'd be somewhere else, bashing us to their buddies.
Just my 5 cents. ( a bit more than.02
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