shorty wrote on 05/06/14 at 11:08:27:My dad was a cop for my entire life, he taught my brother and me to never lie to an officer and trust police to do the right thing.
Before he died he told my brother and me to BEWARE of today's law enforcement. He said in the old days patrol cops were ordered not to harass women, children, traveling families, or the elderly.
He said now the atmosphere at police stations is "us against them" and my dad who always felt he was doing good for citizens became visibly depressed at work.
He received police counseling and made statements criticizing the changes in policy. They suggested retirement and he accepted a reduced pension.. His depression soon vanished.
I believe LE is evolving into a less kind stature with strictness and hardness overpowering softness and compassion.
There are good cops out there who really want to do the right thing.
Please don't loose faith in Law Enforcement, I'm certain other officers feel like my dad did
Shorty, I can certainly appreciate your position. I don't think the video link I posted intends to make LE out to be the bad guy. Its a lawyer saying whats the courts do and how the actual law works.
As for our local law enforcement ... yes I have seen the change, and it is depressing to me.. and I am just a law abiding citizen...
I did draw this parallel which I found strange:
When I bought my truck there was a salesman, he was nice.. he did what he could... things were not stressful and I did not feel any pressure. Then I was turned over to the "sales manager". Everything changed. HE began to back pedal on prices, and press for longer term payments to keep the monthly payments down versus him actually dropping the price... NOT AT ALL GOOD.
So then fast forward to when my house got robbed. The LE comes out.. files the report, tells me what to do. But then I get a call from the Detective in charge. Very cold, very factual... was the I the victim or possibly in on it... again NOT GOOD AT ALL.
Then at work... we have those at the Help-desk who are suppose to help users ... but they have no training in the way things work. They just know to answer the phone, take the message, and follow a set of instructions on what fixes most things. If they cant, it gets passed to .... people that know??? NO! Managers... ( see sales manager above).. and only if they cant fix does it go to the ones that know.
Something broke somewhere along the way. LE is just one example of the brokenness.
PS: there have always been good officers and not-so-good officers. Same as any other profession. But in this new age of brokenness, the good officers dont seem to get a chance to help the no-so-good ones.
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