Slow Golfers - Beware Of Impatient Deputy!

[CB900F]

Fella's;

Actually, golf courses are not well suited to be rifle ranges. Most are in urban enviroments, we know that. While I can sympathize with the sentiments of Air Force & Jeff, I feel I must set the record straight.

Golf courses are perfectly good natural motocross tracks going to waste.

900F

 

[M-Rex]

Kee-riminey. Now that was dumb.

Our Level III Reserves could only work the jail.

 

[blackedoutharley]

I always knew Golf was dangerous.
Hence the observation:
"A golf course is a sad misuse of a perfectly good rifle range."

AFS

Otherwise known as "The contact sport of Corporate America"

 

[Johnny_Yuma]

As one who regularly plays a 75 on the

front nine, I resent the implication that slow golf is poor ettiquite. It takes TIME to find those balls. I won't even get into the frustrations of the greens.

This guy would have needed an ennema to locate his badge if he had pulled that on my course.

 

[Powderman]

Reserve deputy.

Which is all the wonder of being a cop, except you dont get paid. Kinda have to wonder about the personality type that would be strongly attracted to a job like that.

The personality type that wants to get into law enforcement, tests and tests again, does not make the cut and gets into a Department as a Reserve Officer to gain experience.

Or:

The type that wants to get into Law Enforcement, but can not justify giving up a 60-70K per year job and the resultant cut in pay.

Or:

The type that grows up in a small, close knit community that does not have the budget for a lot of full time officers--but can and does take on concerned citizens as reserve officers.

Please do NOT paint all Reserve Officers with the brush that seems to come from the statement above. A lot of full-timers started their careers out as Reservists.

In the State of Washington, we have to go through an academy that is a minimum of 240 hours of instruction to be Reserve Officer certified. After you get back to your Department, you have to go through an FTO period, same as any other Officer, and a probationary period.

Frequently, any additional training has to come out of your own pocket. Some Departments will at least sponsor their Reservists for continuing education classes, but the costs of those classes are paid by the Reserve Officer.

In Washington State, the common standard is that you must have 1000 hours of patrol time logged before you are allowed to go solo--and then, you only do so after an exhaustive examination. Considering the fact that in most cases, you must patrol a minimum of only 20 hours per month, you can see how long that can take.

I have been a Reserve Officer since 1997. Frequently, I would log in 30 hours of patrol per WEEK. I started with one Tribal Police Department, and now work for another.

Reserve Officers have to go through the same hiring process as other officers--to include the poly, psych, and all the other attendant testing.

Yours,
Your friendly neighborhood Powderman
Senior Reserve Officer (Level 1 Reserve)
Puyallup Tribal Police

 

[pax]

Right on, Powderman.

If it weren't for the volunteers, neither the police nor the fire department out here would amount to much.

pax

 

[c_yeager]

Right on, Powderman.

If it weren't for the volunteers, neither the police nor the fire department out here would amount to much.

pax

Your being awfully generous, I have met too many of our local reserve deputies to support that statement. I have also met a lot of our paid firefighters, and without them we dont have a FD. Then again I live in the city and that almost certainly puts forth the poorest possible example. Broad brushes do work both ways. Im sure powderman is an excellent example, and im pretty sure that he doesnt work in the city of Seattle nor Orange county.

 

[losangeles]

Ironic. Golf is supposed to be a casual game for relaxation.

 

[Powderman]

Your being awfully generous, I have met too many of our local reserve deputies to support that statement. I have also met a lot of our paid firefighters, and without them we dont have a FD. Then again I live in the city and that almost certainly puts forth the poorest possible example. Broad brushes do work both ways. Im sure powderman is an excellent example, and im pretty sure that he doesnt work in the city of Seattle nor Orange county.

To be fair, I have met my share of dunderheads.

Also, as far as Seattle is concerned, I must relate an experience that I had. At one time, I was seriously interested in joining Seattle PD, via the Reserve component.

I talked to their Reserve coordinator (at that time--which was in 1999, and undoubtedly has changed by now), and one question I asked was if Reserve officers were allowed to qualify and carry backup firearms. Here is what I can remember of the response:

"@$%##@!! I don't know why people are so hung up on backup guns. I've been a cop for 20 years and have NEVER DRAWN MY GUN ONCE. You'll have to ask someone else that knows about that %^%&##$@!!."

I withdrew my application post haste.

I have found that within individual departments, the professionalism and training of the Reserve Officers depends on the attitude the Department has about the Reserves.

Some officers openly call Reserves "keystone/kiddy kops". Some officers refuse to let Reserve Officers ride with them.

Some Departments maintain the 1000 hour requirement, and mandate that during that period the Reservists must ride with a full-time officer. If you have lots of folks that refuse to let a Reservist ride with them, the officer never gets qualified.

Some Reserves are the target of open resentment and hostility. One former Reservist on our Department was ridiculed because he questioned the legal practices of some of the full time officers. Well, being a fully tenured Professor of Criminal Law (J.D., PhD), I guess he was qualified to do so.

So, yes, I do understand your post. No offense taken, by the way.

 

[AStone]

My only contribution (not a golfer, & won't be)

Joe went golfing with his buddy Dave on Saturday morning.

In early afternoon, Joe returned home, sullen.

His wife, ever the chipper spirit, chimed, "Hi, honey! How was your game?"

Joe responded, "It was a real bummer. Dave dropped dead on the third hole.
For the rest of the day, it was hit the ball, drag Dave; hit the ball, drag Dave."