I'm off the street

[CityOfChicago]

I never thought of charging as much as a nickle....

[ChevySSP]

Congrats CoC.


Now I will sit back and await as bad grammer and conflicting orders take over your posts...:p

[retdetsgt]

Now I will sit back and await as bad grammer and conflicting orders take over your posts...:p

No, it will be rationalizations, vague goals, self grandizing with lots of awards for non participants.......

[RoadKingTrooper]

Congrats dude! I worked out of HQ for seven years. We were an Investigative unit that was housed there. LOL Funny, some of the brass and civilians forgot that we routinely dealt with crooks. The civies would get the strangest look on their faces when we brought someone in wearing bracelets.

One time I had just picked up a Pedophile and was walking him up the hall when a Major appeared. He had a big grin on his face and gave me a warm greeting, he then turned to the Pedophile and stuck out his hand and introduced himself LOL when he realized the guy was in cuffs, he quickly excused himself.

[Sgt. Slaughter]

Scary when Marines use big words......:eek: Usually, it's FOOD, WIMMEN and KILL! (Not necessarily in that order)

Sir,

I will have you know I still use those words on a fairly regular basis. You did, however, forgot to include the grunting which goes along with a Marine fulfilling those basic needs. :D

In Salvation Army Christian Love,

Sarge

[RoadKingTrooper]

Sir,

I will have you know I still use those words on a fairly regular basis. You did, however, forgot to include the grunting which goes along with a Marine fulfilling those basic needs. :D

In Salvation Army Christian Love,

Sarge

Oh my bad:eek: Do I need to add this to my replies?

Someone PM'd me and asked if this Forum was turning into "....This place is gonna turn into a bible study group for first-graders.

[S-99]

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[retdetsgt]

I will have you know I still use those words on a fairly regular basis. You did, however, forgot to include the grunting which goes along with a Marine fulfilling those basic needs. :D

You forgot farting..... My cousin, who was home on leave from the Marines did himself proud at my grandmother's house. The whole family was there for Christmas when he walked across the living room and forgot where he was. He felt one coming on, raised his leg for emphasis and cut one loose. He might have been a 6-4, 220 lb marine, but his 5-4 Mama gave him a look that nearly put him in tears.... They disappeared into the bedroom and he came out looking like he'd been to the woodshed.....

I forgot to mention, I brought up that incident when I gave the eulogy at his funeral years later. It was still funny.

[Sgt. Slaughter]

You forgot farting..... My cousin, who was home on leave from the Marines did himself proud at my grandmother's house. The whole family was there for Christmas when he walked across the living room and forgot where he was. He felt one coming on, raised his leg for emphasis and cut one loose. He might have been a 6-4, 220 lb marine, but his 5-4 Mama gave him a look that nearly put him in tears.... They disappeared into the bedroom and he came out looking like he'd been to the woodshed.....

Sir,

In public I expect myself to maintain a certain sense of decorum. Only once have I forgotten and that was as a young Marine when I used the "M.F." vernacular in front of my parents. No sooner had the words escaped my lips when I suddenly had vertigo and felt nauseous. I maintain the same decorum when around children to include my own daughter.

Now, when I'm home alone...that's another matter altogether.

More Salvation Army Christian Love flowing your way,

Sarge

[retdetsgt]

A good man's momma will always make his blood run cold.......:eek:
;)

[retdetsgt]

Only once have I forgotten and that was as a young Marine when I used the "M.F." vernacular in front of my parents.

Unfortunately, that was my byword at work when I was pissed. I heard a young officer tell another to be careful when I was going around "M-F'ing. That was used as an adjective, adverb and pronoun when describing various situations, citizens, officers and of course, suspects. Not to mention command personnel and local politicians.....

Interestingly enough, that all but disappeared from my vocabulary once I retired.....

[cntryboy0531]

The F-Bomb is my usual words of expression at work.

Around my Mom, the most foul language i'll use is "crap".

[retdetsgt]

Around my Mom, the most foul language i'll use is "crap".

Same here. My Dad didn't even cuss, in fact it just wasn't done in my extended family around each other either. Which is odd since half my cousins are cons for ex cons.... Guess you have to have some standards somewhere, I guess.:confused:

I didn't really pick it up all that much until I got in the Army. But it is interesting that after I retired, my language really cleaned up a lot. Of course, three days after I left, 85% of the stress in my life went away too. Seriously, for the first time in over 30 years, the muscles in my upper back relaxed.

I did have to explain to a couple of young secretaries over the years that this was the police station, not Walt Disney World. If they were terribly upset by my or others language, I could arrange for their transfer to records division. I was told by an active officer though recently that swearing is now a violation of something or other..... Damn, I'm glad I'm gone......:D I don't think I could communicate police work w/o the MF word.....

[CityOfChicago]

Well, here was my reasoning. Orders and policy come out of headquarters that make us working stiffs scrathc our head and say "Well, this doesn't seem to make a hair of sense". So when the opportunity came about to go downtown to review and write dept policy, I thought "I can keep wringing my hands about this dept, or I can go down there and do something about it". So, my overriding goal is to go down there and work to ensure that the wants and needs of the working beat cop are ALWAYS considered when policy is written. Too often it's a group of office pogues who've never worked a day on the street, even incuding their FTO period. They get a desk job early on and stay there, eventually finding their way into positions like this, and write policy with NO idea what being a working cop is about.

Anyway, my goals are lofty, I know. But I feel an incredible and deep responsibility to represent the 10,000 of us who actually DO police work.

[Switchback]

...and he gets to go to work all GQed up, too.