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07-15-10 09:20 AM #1
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07-15-10 11:50 AM #2
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07-15-10 11:52 AM #3
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07-15-10 12:04 PM #4
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I know you're a serious guy, mcsap, but I have to tell you that gave me quite the chuckle. Especially since I expect serious things to come out of your mouth. So it has even more comical punch. GD2J's the same way. You'll be reading his posts thinking, "ok whose butt is GD2J going to chew now" and voila, it's a comical zinger. Well, then sometimes it's just him chewing butt.
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07-15-10 01:41 PM #5
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If you want reality, go on a bunch of ride alongs...
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07-15-10 05:20 PM #6
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Well . . . I am not really wanting THAT much reality. Originally Posted by Samuel
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07-15-10 05:29 PM #7
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Trying to explain the real nitty gritty side of police work to someone who hasn't done a few ride-a-longs is an impossible task. Originally Posted by banjogirl71
Well . . . I am not really wanting THAT much reality.
Folks just cannot comprehend how it "really" is. Some think they know, but they don't...
So I agree with Samuel, go on some ride-a-longs.Job Security...
Ecclesiastes 8:11...
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
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07-15-10 05:38 PM #8
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I would love to do that, especially in LA or LA County. But I'm way over on the other side. Originally Posted by Samuel
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07-15-10 05:40 PM #9
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You gentlemen talk about ride-a-longs like it's an established program in many places. If I were to call my local police dept up and ask to do a ride-a-long, are they likely to have one?
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07-15-10 07:56 PM #10
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One of my local police depts has a ride-along program for private citizens (providing you pass the background check obviously). The sheriff's office restricts theirs to those attending BLET. Originally Posted by Trip
I went on one with the city...it was awesome. I got done with my 8hrs and the shift supervisor asked if I wanted to keep riding...so I got in another car and started the whole thing over Although this time at the suggestion of the supervisor I actually put my vest on since it was the graveyard shift and we were heading into the "drug-deal" side of town lol
From what I've seen it varies from dept to dept. Call and ask...Law Enforcement Officers for the Constitution
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07-15-10 11:20 PM #11
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Hmmm, thanks, Reconciler Originally Posted by Reconciler
One of my local police depts has a ride-along program for private citizens (providing you pass the background check obviously). The sheriff's office restricts theirs to those attending BLET.
I went on one with the city...it was awesome. I got done with my 8hrs and the shift supervisor asked if I wanted to keep riding...so I got in another car and started the whole thing over Although this time at the suggestion of the supervisor I actually put my vest on since it was the graveyard shift and we were heading into the "drug-deal" side of town lol
From what I've seen it varies from dept to dept. Call and ask...
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07-16-10 12:48 AM #12
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Just had a chance to look at the px. Profoundly true of many occupations. When I was in the Air Force, many of the best pilots I knew were throwing in the towel for the same reason. But we suffer the same fate in every professional occupation I can think of. Originally Posted by GoDirectly2Jail
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