Boy who pissed in your cereal this morning. I suppose I should leave you alone because it is very obvious that your mouth get's you in trouble. By your way of thinking 90% of all Cop's are no good, so I can't figgure out how myself and my 3 brother's all made it to retirement and all retired as sergeant's after 25 or more years on the job without any civilian complaints about us. Yea I know you will now say that we were covered for by other members of the Dept. and that would also be wrong.
Bill Hurley Sr
Retired Det. Sergeant
Atlantic City Police Department
New Jersey
To answer your question: San Bernardino County SO, LAPD, Los Aangeles County SO, San Diego County SO. The first three contributed to my four terrifying encounters, the last robbed me. All of those encounters were initiated by the officers, not me. All began with the officers' gun drawn, before a word was said. None ended in an arrest, one ended with a speeding ticket. The two LAPD encounters happened in the same place, by the same cops, at the same time of night (0230) and ended with all the stuff in my car scattered all over the street in a very bad part of south-central Los Angeles and me left alone to pick up my stuff and get out alive. Clearly, they were looking for guns or drugs which I did not have. I'm pretty sure that had I mouthed off, or offered any resistance, I wouldn't be sitting here typing. Had I actually committed a crime, I'd have been arrested. I never have. I did let a ticket go to warrant once but took care of it before I got snagged (full disclosure.)
Interesting that you assume that my mouth is the problem by reading what my fingers did on a keyboard. But, I will walk my comment back a bit by saying that my experience has been exclusive to Southern California so no, I can't generalize about Jerzy cops. Perhaps they are indeed all saints like you. I would not proceed by that assumption though and drop my guard.
Since you included your resume' here's mine: At the time of the LAPD and LASO encounters, an unarmed security guard at a hi-rise office building in downtown LA (slacks and blazer, not hard uniforrm.)Six years USN, honorable discharge as an E-6 (AME1.) 20 years, Customer Service Field rep, for a major corporation. Retired at age 48. Smart mouth A-holes generally don't last in any of those jobs, they exist, but don't last. I prospered.
The point of all of this being that a white, middle class(now,)law abiding citizen has had all this happen and developed a very raw attitude towards LE. Demographically,I should be the poster boy for backing the badge but I'd frankly rather back over one. I'm telling you that this is normal police behavior towards average white citizens in SoCal. One reason that I'm now in Idaho. It's far, far worse for persons of color. You, as a professional law officer should be appalled. Perhaps you should be working to improve that image by rooting out those that contribute to it rather than attacking the integrity of the victim.
I wish I lived in a society where I didn't have to fear the police. I wish I lived in a society where cops weren't specifically permitted to lie while, for me to do the same to them is a crime. I wish I didn't live in a society where 50 Spokane officers could get away with standing and saluting one of their own upon the announcement of his conviction for beating an unarmed, compliant man to death. I wish these things were possible but, frankly, it's better here than anywhere else. A sad state of affairs.
Yes, the worst examples do make the news. None of mine did. That Spokane Psychopath operated in law enforcement for 40 years. Like an Iceberg, most Police abuse is out of site. I'm sure for many, that's proof that it doesn't exist.
This will be my last post on the subject. I'm afraid I'm boring the readers.
