Attn: Gdowkpc. Is this common in PDX?

[Zantar]

While I was inside at a stop yesterday my partner watched a Portland cop stop his car in a traffic lane, turn on his lightbar, and run inside a store to buy a drink. Do you guys do that alot?

What about other departments. Is this common practice by cops in general?

[MrMisterSU]

Corrupt Cops at its best! :-)

*No Opinion*

[gdowkpc]

That would certainly be frowned upon. I would never do it.

[dizza]

The academy at the college I attend has this sign in all of their classrooms, that basically states that Police officers have to hold themselves to a higher standard than the citizens they serve. I know from orientation classes and such, that they preach left and right about being in the public eye every second of the day, and every action you do, better fall in line with what the citizens expect.

If this officer, used his lightbar and blocked traffic, just to grab a drink.. he should ask himself if that represented him, his department and his city in a professional manner. We all know the answer, but does he?

David

[Toeknee112]

Are we sure he "just ran in to buy a drink?" Maybe he had a legitimate/job related reason to go in the store and just bought something while he was in there attending to business.
I'd like to give a fellow officer the benefit of a doubt...

[Zantar]

Who can say for sure? My partner is the one who saw it and he is a Reserve Police Officer and he didn't seem to think it looked very professional.

[Oldbillplod]

While I was inside at a stop yesterday my partner watched a Portland cop stop his car in a traffic lane, turn on his lightbar, and run inside a store to buy a drink.

Did he look carefully to see if he was running with his *** cheeks squeezed together, a dead give away if he actually stopped to use the toilet. :eek:
A colleague of mine stopped in a no parking area to deal with an incident, a member of the public made a complaint and he was disciplined :(

[gdowkpc]

I have stopped with the lights on to take a call in the busy downtown area. There often times is no parking available down there, and the only way to park anywhere near where the victim is at is to double-park for a few minutes.

It is hard to imagine that one of out officers would block traffic to get a cup of coffee. I would expect that someone would say something to me and even possible comlain to IA. The complaint would be sustained. Like I said, I've never seen anyone do it.

Having said that, if someone did that, it would be highly unusual, and even frowned upon by his peers.

We are allowed to, however, park in no parking areas, red curbs, yellow curbs, in front of fire hydrants, etc. Sometimes this annoys citizens, so I only park in those places when there is no other spot available.

[Zantar]

Well, my partner said the cop was in and out too fast to be taking a report or, as Oldbillplod suggested, an emergency restroom stop. I'm not getting all fired up about this or anything. I was just wondering if this was an accepted practice among LEOs or not, and my question has pretty well been answered.