Reply #112: I will only speak from my PERSONAL experience [View All]

[nadinbrzezinski]

but when my husband went through the academy they were pounded repeatedly with the Bill of Riggs and the fact that they SERVE the community.. do they make boooboes every so often? Yep, I just heard of one more of them being black in La Jolla phenomena, so there is a lawsuit probably coming.

Now when talking to my sister in law, retired LAPD.. that attitude of us vs them exuded.

But... her dad, from a neighboring PD, and they all held badges at the same time, his training was at a POST certified academy, and again he was pounded with serving and the bill of rights

This is why I keep saying a lot of the problems START at the level of the Academy. If we are going to solve them, we need to take responsibity for them.

Oh and incidentally the cop I dealt with as a patient who was an LAPD, he ended up at the local trauma unit, and the local cops dealt with the LA cops mostly on a professional basis, and kept their distance. It was actually commedic if not borderline tragic.

Me, I got a get off traffic stop free card that only worked in LA... aka a business card, for putting my life on the line to get stoopid off the line of fine.

I was told... show that anywhere else, you'll get extra tickets.