Quote Originally Posted by redorange View Post
Also please don't call them "pigs" they are law enforcement officers who put their life on the line everyday when they go to work. You won't think of them as "pigs" the next time you need them.
there are COPS. there are PIGS. and besides, it's the career they/you picked. the danger goes hand in hand with the job and you know that beforehand. they/you get paid much more than what a degree-holder-white-collar-office worker makes (at least in major cities), so don't tell me that civilians owe you fine police officers anything. i served five years in the Navy (6 months in Bosnia). i've been given the "finger"; i've had people vandalized my car for having a Navy sticker; i've been called names. it makes me want to choke the living $hit out of them, but guess what? i don't think they owe me anything. it's the career path i've chosen in order to avoid having to burden a lot of student loans. that same logic can be applied to cops. you do your job. you get paid good doing your job. i don't owe any police officers anything.


As you can tell I am also one of the members who don't take kindly to cops being called "pigs" since they are my brothers in uniform.
sorry, but you should consider other career choices if you are that sensitive. both you and i served and is serving (in your case) the public. both you and i knew beforehand that these type of incidents/situations can/will happen.

I have seen too many of my brothers in uniform(and an uncle)die in the line of duty not to be insulted by your "pigs" comment.
both you and i have had a loss at some point in our careers as public servants not counting all the guys that wear the same uniforms as we do/did (did in my case since i'm off the navy), but people whom we've shared food with at the dinner/lunch table. two of my close friends whom i went to elementary with lost their lives in the US-Iraq war. i see people protesting against the war in Iraq on the streets all the time. i should feel insulted by the actions of these protesters since i've been to war and i've had buddies lost their lives in the war, but i must not. it's their right to voice out their opinions just as much as it is my right to call a cop "pig" in an appropriate scenario.

some deserve respect and i am not denying that, but there are also many who are just plain LAZY a$$ holes who have big chips on their shoulders and are frustrated that they can't enter the SWAT squad and are taking their frustrations on motorists.

You got caught speeding take it like a MAN and pay your fine but don't be a whiner.
you can deny this, but this is a big source of your revenue!!! it is your cash coffer. one would want to question your main objective when you issue a ticket. is it because you want to keep the streets safe or is it because you're keeping your department's budget in mind? ethics comes into play.

i am venting, because of how THIS PIG (need i repeat it? yeah...PIG) handled the whole situation. i disputed how he should not have added the "no proof of insurance" violation when i had my left hand holding my license and insurance card, while my right hand was looking for my registration. he turned around after he took my license (but not my insurance card) and began issuing the ticket. and his response after the fact, "i already wrote the ticket." **take note. this is the same cop that let my neighbor with a verbal warning after he drove 60 on a 35 on Junipero Serra Blvd in his Laborghini while i was riding shotgun with him. and he had the audacity to lecture me as to why they are very strict in enforcing their policies.