Police in your town? (Poll)

Law Enforcement in your community is most like?

  • Joe Friday (Just the facts Maam)

    Votes: 2 15.4%

  • Barney Fife (Bullet in the pocket)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Jon Baker & Frank Poncherello (Chips)

    Votes: 2 15.4%

  • Baretta (Where are the hookers and booze)

    Votes: 3 23.1%

  • Other...

    Votes: 6 46.2%
  • Total voters
    13
Surprisingly, a pretty good sheriff's department here in Lexington. Now a few miles south it is more like Barney Fife.
 
This is a small town, and most of the cops live here, raise their kids here, etc. I know many of them, and for a while, I'm fairly convinced they were aware of the business I was running out of my home. Never had a problem with that.

We're close to the city with a stretch of highway that has some questionable motels on it running through the center of town. There is always the story or two about bad doings that the local law force seems to take care of easily enough.

It's a thankless job that can be dangerous at times, even here in the suburbs. :applause:
 
We have a mostly young police farce here. Certain streets are racetracks in the mornings, but nary a cop on 'em. They can drive by what they're looking for and they won't see it.
They're more interested in hiding somewhere, parked next to each other shooting the breeze than they are in actually going out and doing some real patrolling.
The county sheriff is an old drunk who doesn't care. Two of his deputies are on patrol at night......at home.
They all do an adequate job, no more. :yuk:
 
Oh jeez, I don't know. I live downtown so I see them a lot, but I don't really have any contact with them. This is an interesting question. Looks like I need to get to know some of the men in blue here.
 
This is such a tiny town that most of us know the officers more or less on a first name basis.
No complaints about any of them.
 
Of my choices, Chips would come closest because they were good guys and friendly with the community. When I am out walking they police always wave to me when they drive by. I have been pulled over a couple of times by them and let go both times. Once for speeding, once for tail light. Both verbal warnings. The Sherrif is a drinking budy. ;)

They are pretty nice in this town. 10 minutes west of us they have a Naval Air Station and they have the toughest local force in the state.
 
I think Boss Hogg & Rosco would be closer than the choices. I think there's lots of corruption and they kind of run with their own set of rules. They really like their tasers.
 
vyapti said:
I think Boss Hogg & Rosco would be closer than the choices. I think there's lots of corruption and they kind of run with their own set of rules. They really like their tasers.
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Darn, I wish I would of thought of that. :yum:
 
Lefty said:
How would you best describe Law Enforcement in your community?
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Unlike New York, we don't see police cars or patrolmen here. Mostly, I see the PD on the news in freeway pursuits, or on bicycles near the beach. If there is a problem, one has to call the PD. I wouldn't want to do their job - and have to pull someone over for a minor traffic violation, & not know if some psycho is going to blow my head off. For the most part, they have been polite & informative. Most of them are young & hot lol, (I luv a man in uniform). Seriously -- they are human beings & have to make quick decisions. I had one distasteful experience, when an officer made an inappropriate remark to me (leaving a club). There were three people in my 2-seater sports car. One officer said he would like to sit in my lap. Over all, I appreciate the work they do, & what they have to contend with on a daily basis. They deserve a raise.
 
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Our policemen are pretty professional, and I've never had a problem with any of them. I've been stopped and given warning tickets, three of them all at one time :lol:. I got pulled over for having a license plate frame that blocked a tinnnyyyy bit of the name of the state :rolleyes:. It came from the dealer like that, and I had no idea that it was illegal. And then, when he walked up to the car......expired inspection sticker. And then, when he looked at my drivers license.......expired too. I got warning tickets.
 
it's 50/50 around here. you never know what you're gonna get.

half are decent men and women trying to do a difficult and stressfull job to the best of their abilities.

a quarter are douche bags with a chip on their shoulder and they're out to get revenge for the anger they feel 'cause they were picked on as kids. doesn't matter who you are, if you're in the wrong place when their steroid rage is peaking, you're screwed.

the final quarter are out to pad their early retirement by looking the other way for an envelope of cash, and don't do much else.
 
buckytom said:
it's 50/50 around here. you never know what you're gonna get.

half are decent men and women trying to do a difficult and stressfull job to the best of their abilities.

a quarter are douche bags with a chip on their shoulder and they're out to get revenge for the anger they feel 'cause they were picked on as kids. doesn't matter who you are, if you're in the wrong place when their steroid rage is peaking, you're screwed.

the final quarter are out to pad their early retirement by looking the other way for an envelope of cash, and don't do much else.[/QUOTE]

Have you been watching Serpico again? LOL
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i wish it was a joke, cc.

one day as i was cleaning up dead branches behind the bushes in front of my house, a couple of kids tried to steal my neighbor's car right across the street. i jumped out and chased them for several blocks, where they eventually ran into a house. (cue starsky and hutch chase music).
dw and other neighbors called the police in the mean time, who took several minutes to get to our street less than a half mile from police hq.

i think the little f'ers thought that i didn't see where they went. when the police arrived, i told them where they went, and i happened to notice that the kids were about to jump into another car as i was chasing them, but then they kept running. as it turned out, they had already stolen the other car from another town, but they didn't get a chance to use it to get away with my fat ass in pursuit.

i showed the cops where they went, and as we approached the house, one of the cops got a call on the radio from the seargent on duty to quit and return to the station.

i was shocked. all they did was call a tow truck to bring the previously stolen car to a police lot until the owner could retreive it.

they had eyewitnesses, a stolen car, fingerprints all over the place and the suspects cornered in a house, and they just gave up. tell me someone wasn't getting paid off. the cops just shrugged it off and drove away.

my neighbor's car was stolen the next night.
 
Ours? a big JOKE!!! 2 just got fired for taking a woman from a club to the station, raped her and took her back to the club!! The rest are all in the pockets of the ones with money or have lived here all their lives.
 
No neither. lol. The pic is just showing a police officer parked outside our home and visiting across the street, while on duty.
 
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