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Originally Posted by shanewittman
Dude, have you had issues with law enforcement??? I don't personally know about New Jersey, but in almost every other location I have worked in, a high school dropout wouldn't qualify. A lot of departments require college educations. Most cities have oversight boards that watch out for corruption and injust police practices. Finally, the ticket system may be a little biased towards rewarding the city/police dept for issuing tickets, as they get some of the revenue from those tickets. However, they are not going to be able to cite someone if they are LAW ABIDING.
Now, back to the thread at hand. Cars like Camaros, Mustangs, Chargers, etc are a great incentive for police departments. Those cars help recruit and retain great officers. Cars like a Camaro do not cost police departments much more than the standard Crown Vic, so why not have a few in the motor pool? They are also a great attention getter. People such as those in these forum would appreciate seeing one of these great cars in person, (hopefully not behind you with the lights on...)!
Sorry to be long winded... this is something that gets under my skin when people do not respect law enforcement for the great work they do. If their respective cities, states, etc want to put a Camaro into the work force, I say go for it.
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i've got family in the police i know the scum that some of them can be...obviously its not the majority of them...but the situation that is created allows for corruption....do you know how many people lie on police reports and take things personally when they shouldn't....
let me tell you a story about one guy who was always a good cop...a good friend of his was a judge who was being sued by some indian guy...hadn't been in this country too long but was a good citizen....when this cop who always did his job well and was honorable found out about his friend being sued....he basically informed all the officers that if he ever was stopped to contact him....that poor guy apparantly didn't stop completely at a stop light...the "good" officer came with his friend put him in the sqaud car and took him near a bridge....and held him by the freaking ankles until he stated he would drop the lawsuit...obviously the man didn't and tried to press charges on the officers....when he went into court another judge stated "these are the most decorated officers in jersey you expect me to believe your story"....bravo justice system....bravo i heard that indian guy went back to india and got the hell out of jersey...don't blame him...this is soprano territory and a horrible heavily taxed blue state
nonsense on the law abiding part...i was going to the mall with a friend and i pointed at a stuffed animal in the back of a car at a parking lot...ask my why an officer stops us searches me and ends up putting my friend in the back of the cruiser because he thought we were going to steal the car....
a lot of these guys have no respect and are simply bullies....and yes taking away the money incentive would go a long way in stopping petty checkpoints and harrasing many people who don't do anything dangerous or illegal...
parking violation can stay as cash penalties...but moving violations would be better served as a point system that will raise your insurance rates and eventually have your liscence revoked...cut entitlement programs and other wasteful government spending programs and they can live without these unnecessary citations...
trust me i used to be a naive guy myself that always took the side of the cops and believed that as long as you don't do anything illegal and are law abiding you will be fine...believe me you don't know the type of crap i've seen and experienced...yes i've had an officer lie on his report and he stated i threatened to kill him and that i resisted arrest...complete and utter lies...all because I told him that he should have been giving directions at the construction site as the signs weren't clear...in cuffs he slapped me and ripped my shirt open..and this happened at 10am doing my job...i don't drink...don't do drugs and always set a standard of virtue for myself.i am naive no more ...anything run by the government is run like crap...and thats a fact