03-26-2010, 11:43 PM
You wrote;
I could be wrong, but I'm thinking they don't get bonuses for writing tickets, and especially not bogus tickets.
You do know that cops get paid extra to show up for court right? So in reality, they do get paid extra for writing bogus tickets. I had a sherrif around home that hated me. We were enemies in high school and it continued on well after graduation. He pulled me over one time when I was heading out to the desert to go camping. Found a pill bottle in my truck with a couple different kinds of pills and took me to jail. It was my first aid medical supplies. Some aspirin, Benadryl, Advil and vitamin C.
I called the cops one time. Neighbor shot out a bunch of windows in the shop behind my house with a BB gun. That was last year and they still havent done anything. Even the glass guy showed me and the police exactly where the BB'S came from. Neighbors bathroom window. He even said he would testify to that.
Too many cops are in the business for no other reason than the power. There should be some checks and balance in the system and psychological exams to determine who is in it to protect and serve and who is in it for their own personal power trip.
All that said, I have great respect for our officers of the DWR. They have an impossible job with crazy laws. But as far as other law enforcement, its a crap shoot any time you have to deal with them.
You also wrote;
I'm not a cop, or a "fish cop". I know a few, and have encountered my share. Some suck...no question, but think about your own profession and I'm sure you can find similar people there. They are just people like the rest of us. Some people do things better than others.
Thats so true, but most people dont have the power to take you to jail on a whim. And most people dont have a gun to intimidate you.
They need to be held to a higher standard and prove they are worthy of that standard.
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I could be wrong, but I'm thinking they don't get bonuses for writing tickets, and especially not bogus tickets.
You do know that cops get paid extra to show up for court right? So in reality, they do get paid extra for writing bogus tickets. I had a sherrif around home that hated me. We were enemies in high school and it continued on well after graduation. He pulled me over one time when I was heading out to the desert to go camping. Found a pill bottle in my truck with a couple different kinds of pills and took me to jail. It was my first aid medical supplies. Some aspirin, Benadryl, Advil and vitamin C.
I called the cops one time. Neighbor shot out a bunch of windows in the shop behind my house with a BB gun. That was last year and they still havent done anything. Even the glass guy showed me and the police exactly where the BB'S came from. Neighbors bathroom window. He even said he would testify to that.
Too many cops are in the business for no other reason than the power. There should be some checks and balance in the system and psychological exams to determine who is in it to protect and serve and who is in it for their own personal power trip.
All that said, I have great respect for our officers of the DWR. They have an impossible job with crazy laws. But as far as other law enforcement, its a crap shoot any time you have to deal with them.
You also wrote;
I'm not a cop, or a "fish cop". I know a few, and have encountered my share. Some suck...no question, but think about your own profession and I'm sure you can find similar people there. They are just people like the rest of us. Some people do things better than others.
Thats so true, but most people dont have the power to take you to jail on a whim. And most people dont have a gun to intimidate you.
They need to be held to a higher standard and prove they are worthy of that standard.
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