Empty home destroyed in 4-hour SWAT siege, innocent woman left with $100,000 in damag

[Forever_frost]

Cops need to go back to their roots and walk the streets and be stewards of the community, not fucking MECH WARRIOR's. Fuck that shit.

This sums up everything I've said about police on here

[03trubluGT]

It is. When police departments have to decide between fielding MRAPs and SWAT versus having officers on the street because of lawsuits, maybe they'll make the decision to stop shit like this.

First you bitch and moan about the problem being beat cops, and then you bitch and moan saying the problem is the specialized units.

Well, which is it?

[turboford]

It's all of it Matt. When officers on the street screw up, get put on paid administrative leave while IA is look into it, and then they get a MRAP, like the city of Gainesville just got, thats the issues. Police departments need to take into consideration that they are there to serve the citizens of the city, county, state that they work in. When they or the organization as a whole fucks up they need to be held responsible. That goes for all agency out there. From the highest courts to the lowest rookie in the police academy to the DA sitting at his desk. No one is being held responsible actions. If a lowly civilian went out and tore the fuck out of someones house like that PD just did they would be sitting in jail. Just because they went and did it under the color of law does not make it right or justified.

Thats the biggest reason I left law enforcement, I had a chief that ran around north texas thinking he was above everyone. Here go serve these warrants but don't tell them they still have to appear in court. Write me $125,000 in citations this quarter and I'll buy you a M-4 to keep as yours. Fuck that, I didn't sign up to be a cop to be a ATM for the city.

Be accountable in your actions and be accountable to the citizens you represent.

Ok. Flame suit on.

[jammeejamm]

so did you get the m4?

[turboford]

Nope. I quit after he told me that. I already had one I bought on my own.

Now I'm an adopted coon ass living a stress free life.

[Broncojohnny]

It's all of it Matt. When officers on the street screw up, get put on paid administrative leave while IA is look into it, and then they get a MRAP, like the city of Gainesville just got, thats the issues. Police departments need to take into consideration that they are there to serve the citizens of the city, county, state that they work in. When they or the organization as a whole fucks up they need to be held responsible. That goes for all agency out there. From the highest courts to the lowest rookie in the police academy to the DA sitting at his desk. No one is being held responsible actions. If a lowly civilian went out and tore the fuck out of someones house like that PD just did they would be sitting in jail. Just because they went and did it under the color of law does not make it right or justified.

Thats the biggest reason I left law enforcement, I had a chief that ran around north texas thinking he was above everyone. Here go serve these warrants but don't tell them they still have to appear in court. Write me $125,000 in citations this quarter and I'll buy you a M-4 to keep as yours. Fuck that, I didn't sign up to be a cop to be a ATM for the city.

Be accountable in your actions and be accountable to the citizens you represent.

Ok. Flame suit on.

Matt will just say that you "couldn't hack it" as a cop, that is his standard load of bullshit.

[Forever_frost]

First you bitch and moan about the problem being beat cops, and then you bitch and moan saying the problem is the specialized units.

Well, which is it?

As said, all of it. It is the belief that when you put that badge on, nothing applies to you. Laws, physics, charges for damages. You can kick in doors at the wrong house and kill pets and home owners without issue (maybe a few days off with pay), you can lay siege to a home for hours and not feel the sting in your pocket, you can weave in and out of traffic at high speed while talking on a cell phone (something anyone else would get a ticket for) and nothing happens. If you do kill someone because of your bullshit driving, you ticket them for their reckless driving until your dashcam (if it was working that day) proves that you were at fault and then the story vanishes.

There is a lack of accountability at all levels by those in 'authority'. THAT is the problem.