BlueSheepdog
10 Years Experience
Around the Way, FL
Male, 40
Cheating death and fighting communism: that is how a fellow officer once described our job. It was meant to be funny, but as time went on it seemed all too true.
I spent more than ten years in law enforcement, all of it on the street in uniform patrol. I've been a patrol officer, instructor, sergeant and lieutenant.
Do not report crimes here. Nothing here should be considered legal advice. All opinions are my own.
Feel free to ask for a badge number any time you like. Badge numbers aren't magic talismans. I'd suggest asking the officer his or her name instead, as some departments don't use badge numbers for anything. In fact, a lot of agencies don't even have numbers on the badges.
One thing I always think is funny is someone who wants my badge number who is standing in front of me. Both my name and badge number are clearly visible, as well as the agency I represent. Additionally, I almost always introduce myself when talking to anyone. Yet, the common courtesy of using someone's name in conversation has largely disappeared. Now it seems everyone is just "dude" or "bro."
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Unethical behavior is not acceptable under any circumstances.
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You should probably contact a family attorney in Utah.
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Online fraud cases are pretty easy to trace and prove, even when people use VPNs, proxies, etc. Offline fraud is even easier. Don't expect me to tell you how.
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School Teacher
How do you see parents failing in their children's education?
Border Patrol Agent
Do Mexican authorities help on THEIR side of the border?
Air Traffic Controller
When would you order fighter jets to be scrambled?
Wrong or illegal? Different states have different laws and I am not an expert on all of the laws across all of the states.
My personal opinion is that anyone in a public place can be photographed and/or video taped. My opinion does not hold the weight of law.
I've had lots of people photograph and video me while on the job. Its never bothered me, except when they are interfering with my job. In one instance a man had been run over by a car and was laying in the street. These morons with their camera phones were trying to record the man bleeding and in doing so were blocking the roadway, preventing an ambulance from pulling up. While I personally think their actions were distasteful, my only issue was that they were preventing the man from getting medical attention. I encouraged them to get onto the sidewalk and we didn't have any more problems after that.
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Most frequent question: "Shoot anybody?"
The most annoying thing people do is loudly announce "I didn't do it!" when you walk into any store or business in uniform. The folks making these announcements seem to think it is both original and funny. What they don't realize is it is hardly original: I probably would hear it 10 times a day. At that point it is about as funny as a toothache.
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Department policies dictate when a report will be filed by a police officer.
Generally: The same incident will generate only one report. Multiple incidents of the same nature, by the same subject may generate more than one report depending on the circumstances.
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