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I have read a lot of police bashing in here recently and feel a strong need to set the record straight. Yes there are a few of my brothers and sisters in arms who have Absolutely NO business wearing a badge much less carrying a gun! I admit this openly and up front! They have exceptionally poor attitudes. I know doctors who have really bad bed side manner that doesn’t make them any less a doctor. Just jerks with a lot of medical knowledge! The vast majority of my associates are decent, honest and hard working people who are simply doing a job. I personally got into law enforcement to make a difference and be a decent shining light. Well, it’s my dream and everyone needs one. Why is it people HATE the police and LOVE firemen? Because firemen don’t make you do things you don’t want to do and cost you money when you decide you’re not doing to follow the rules or that they simply don’t apply to you.

First, WE (police officers) don’t make the rules! (laws) We just enforce them. We don’t even have the option of picking and choosing which ones we like or want to enforce. Second, most of us hate writing tickets! The only thing I hate worse is cleaning up dead bodies at a wreck scene! But I have learned that if I am writing tickets in a high wreck area, wrecks tend to drop dramatically! WHY? Because people will start paying attention if I’m there. Generally, I only go to an area to write tickets if, A. I have been order to do it by a supervisor or B. I’m tired of cleaning up wrecks at that spot!

NO! I do not have a quota, my Chief says I can write all the tickets I want! I have worked for a department where I did have quotas (Bessemer PD) but most decent departments don’t push their officers to write tickets. My personal policy is not everyone needs a ticket, but some people do! Example, I stopped a person the other day for running a stop sign. This person did not even attempt to slow down! When I got him stopped he pretended to have no knowledge of anything, and claimed the reason he failed to stop is because he did not normally take that route. I’m sorry but no matter which road you travel a stop sign is still a stop sign and means the same thing on all roads! This person NEEDED a ticket! But, by contrast, I stopped a person for traveling a little over the speed limit. As soon as he stopped he immediately admitted his mistake and repented! It’s a little difficult to write someone a ticket in this case as this is all a ticket is for to begin with! NOW, that’s not to say if you go around doing whatever you feel like all you have to do is confess and walk away without a ticket.

We are just people! We have families, go to church, and do all the things other people do. We generally don’t care where you’re from what you were doing or where you’re going. Your personal business is yours and personal and of no concern to us. I don’t have time to “target” anyone, as most of the time I can’t see the drivers face and really don’t care who’s driving. Don’t like to go the speed limit? Change the law! Want to smoke weed? Change the law! Otherwise standby to standby! We are the enforcers of society. When you disrespect the officer your disrespecting society! Kill and officer and you are killing society.

No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.
Theodore Roosevelt

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