Been in the job since '87, and I too am disappointed in the direction the job is going.
There's a lot of self-entitlement attitudes coming in with some of the younger crowd being hired, again not all of them...but in the last few years, there's been a good increase in this type of personality.
The younger crowd tends to want to 'prove' themselves a bit, but usually in the wrong way. I tend to recite the "Two Bulls" joke quite a bit to describe the way they act.
Then you have some of the older types who tend to be sheep amongst the sheepdogs. Will do anything they are told, regardless of the task. Some don't really have a sense of what they are doing, if its tramples someones civil rights or not.
In the job, you have a few different dynamics going on at the same time...the politics of the Admin., the public, the city/county counsels etc., along with the village idiots or "Frequent Flyers" as they can be called sometimes...at times its as everyone wants a piece of your caboose. Not a good thing for those who truly want to make a difference in the job. We pretty much only deal with 1-2% of the public.
With all the above, sometimes it is hard to figure out who's good and who wants to end your life.
Making blanket statements about anything or anyone really serves no purpose. Because someone has a bad experience with a Ford, all Fords are bad?
One bad Dell Computer, all Dell computers are bad? One bad experience with an Outback Steakhouse restaurant, and they are all bad? Let's be a bit reasonable.
Do some in the LE world abuse their power? Golly-Bob-Howdy yes! I'm not so blind that I can't see that. Do some act better than thou? Yep
Do some get away with things that the average citizen can't? Now that is open to a very deep discussion, as some folks may not know that our lawmakers have allowed most of what LE people do be excused as long as they are operating under the "reasonable" officer standard, as well as "color of law", in which if the officer can articulate the reasons for their actions, they for the most part will not be held liable...at least criminally. I know this may cause a lot of whining, moaning, and gnashing of teeth, but the lawmakers put this in place.
I will be going over what governs the use of deadly force for those interested, so all can see what we operate under...what we can, and can not do. Which we are allowed to do much more than the citizen can...by far. This is taught in WA State to LE types, but alot is the same in Oregon as well.
Do I support a right to carry a firearm in all 50 states for everyone? Yep
Are we the United States? Apparently not, its more like the Separate States of America.
To end this post, we need to stand together to make the change. Acting like some of the lawless folks at the 'Occupy' camps won't get anyone anywhere, it will only make the change harder.
Be well all...I'll let the post flow for a day or two before I respond, unless there are some pointed questions. I'm an open book, feel free to ask anything, I am my own person...I'm not a cookie-cutter LE type...which is probably why my personnel file is so thick! :woot:
There's a lot of self-entitlement attitudes coming in with some of the younger crowd being hired, again not all of them...but in the last few years, there's been a good increase in this type of personality.
The younger crowd tends to want to 'prove' themselves a bit, but usually in the wrong way. I tend to recite the "Two Bulls" joke quite a bit to describe the way they act.
Then you have some of the older types who tend to be sheep amongst the sheepdogs. Will do anything they are told, regardless of the task. Some don't really have a sense of what they are doing, if its tramples someones civil rights or not.
In the job, you have a few different dynamics going on at the same time...the politics of the Admin., the public, the city/county counsels etc., along with the village idiots or "Frequent Flyers" as they can be called sometimes...at times its as everyone wants a piece of your caboose. Not a good thing for those who truly want to make a difference in the job. We pretty much only deal with 1-2% of the public.
With all the above, sometimes it is hard to figure out who's good and who wants to end your life.
Making blanket statements about anything or anyone really serves no purpose. Because someone has a bad experience with a Ford, all Fords are bad?
One bad Dell Computer, all Dell computers are bad? One bad experience with an Outback Steakhouse restaurant, and they are all bad? Let's be a bit reasonable.
Do some in the LE world abuse their power? Golly-Bob-Howdy yes! I'm not so blind that I can't see that. Do some act better than thou? Yep
Do some get away with things that the average citizen can't? Now that is open to a very deep discussion, as some folks may not know that our lawmakers have allowed most of what LE people do be excused as long as they are operating under the "reasonable" officer standard, as well as "color of law", in which if the officer can articulate the reasons for their actions, they for the most part will not be held liable...at least criminally. I know this may cause a lot of whining, moaning, and gnashing of teeth, but the lawmakers put this in place.
I will be going over what governs the use of deadly force for those interested, so all can see what we operate under...what we can, and can not do. Which we are allowed to do much more than the citizen can...by far. This is taught in WA State to LE types, but alot is the same in Oregon as well.
Do I support a right to carry a firearm in all 50 states for everyone? Yep
Are we the United States? Apparently not, its more like the Separate States of America.
To end this post, we need to stand together to make the change. Acting like some of the lawless folks at the 'Occupy' camps won't get anyone anywhere, it will only make the change harder.
Be well all...I'll let the post flow for a day or two before I respond, unless there are some pointed questions. I'm an open book, feel free to ask anything, I am my own person...I'm not a cookie-cutter LE type...which is probably why my personnel file is so thick! :woot: