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Originally Posted by Nostromo
A lifelong friend's a high-ranking law enforcement officer. Old-school, not of the bulging bicep, shaven-head nor of the gear-bedecked school of the current way of thinking. By his admission the job is 95% 'mopping-up' after the miscreants've had their 'fun'. If you are indeed a peace officer, then, you do know better. Mine was not a blanket indictment of the way things're currently being handled. Mine was only to speak to your feeling of being inadequately compensated.
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My apologies. I read it wrong. I do stand by the fact that we are inadequately compensated for the work we do. And it is a FACT. That doesn't mean that other workers in other professions aren't underpaid as well. But I see it on a daily basis with guys who have a hard time supporting their families. We're not low-class yet, but with the middle-class disappearing, we're getting there. But that's a different discussion for a different thread.
I support your friend and the old school, to a point, but that old school mentality has also gotten us newer law enforcement into a jam, thanks to those who abused their authority, to the point the criminals now often have more rights and defense for their actions than we do. And believe me, where I am, it DOES feel like 95% of my job is picking up the mess the criminals leave behind.
Again, sorry for the misunderstanding.
And that car is really only missing one thing. Pop-out submachine guns, a la the Batmobile... That would clean up the streets pretty fast...
