Reply #95: "To Server and Protect" that is the police motto [View All]

[MadMaddie]

Many cops have lost their lives to trivial bullshit pulled by private citizens...

No, they do not just cruise and wait for dispatch, they observe and react when needed.

Here is a link, pick your state and see how many officers have died in the line of duty.

Officers risk their lives to pull drunk drivers off the roads so your family doesn't get killed.

Did you know that responding to Domestic Disturbances is one of the most dangerous calls to go on?

http://www.odmp.org/browse.php

Maybe you should sign up for your local police ride along program and see what officers actually have to do before you make sweeping statements about something you know nothing about.

While you are complaining you might want to see what your local department staff level is, if it's like the rest of the nation it's well below what it should be for the population. Officers in our area can't respond to petty theft anymore because they just don't have the manpower.

By the way, it's not you pulling up on a call and seeing the dead baby in the oven, or the wife beaten to death, or the elderly person starved to death. It's not you who walks in on child abuse that boggles the imagination and the culprits get out of jail on bond the next day. Be thankful it's not you, it's horrific.