Firefighterchen
OC for Tactical Advantage
sgtbill:216251 said:No you don't have to put up with anything. You can always leave and become a grocery clerk or something like that where the lettuce won't talk back to you.
as for anyone else that has a complaint about Police in general I spent some time as a Internal Affairs Det. Sergeant doing investigations on other Police Officers within our department and was more then happy to bring charges against any of the people that wore a badge within the department when any charges against them were proven with documentation. I was disliked by a lot of members of the department because I would work a case the same as any other criminal case. If they were wrong then I would do everything in my power to prove the case against them. On the other hand if they were not guilty or the so called evidence against them was proven false then I would charge the person that had signed the complaint with fileing a false Police report.
Everyone that worked within Internal Affairs was a Notary Public and the complainant would have to swear to the charges that they were makeing out against the Officer in question and were informed that if the case was proven to be false then they would be charged. Many of the people changed their mind when informed of the proceedures for a complaint. A lot of people try and bring charges so that they think they have a bargaining chip against the Officer. Not so, that wont fly. The system ain't perfect but It work's.
Bill
My uncle works internal affairs for the police department he works for.
I was a grocery clerk before a firefighter before a paramedic. That is how i know even that job deals with a dozen jerks a day. I get paid well to deal with police daily, lucky when I'm in uniform they ignore me. I still hear what they say and see what they do...and it is not professional 99% of the time.
I live in the northwest, maybe it is my location...though Ohio looks worse off.