To Serve And Protect

That's good to hear, I have that much more respect for you than I already did. If you ever felt I was insulting you in some way, I apologize. I'm not entirely sure how the CHP does there job, they deal with less calls for service and more on the traffic side, BUT, I do truly believe once you pass the test, pass the academy, I believe a lot of your views will change. (this is my belief, not fact).

You will see what its like to just being doing your job, and be called a racist, (or if youre black) to be called an uncle tom. You're going to see what its like to deal with unreasonable people, but know you have to remain professional to keep your job. You're going to endure biting your tongue for lots of encounters. You'll experience on what was supposed to be a simple traffic stop, contact, or just trying to get a simple statement from a suspect regarding a misdemeanor crime, and it turn into a nightmare because they refused to cooperate.

You're going to have to determine, on the fly, what type of use of force you will be using against a certain subject. You will have to determine what type of use of force you're going to use on petty crimes such as petty theft, or vandalism on suspects that are un-cooperative with you, but the victim is demanding for action to be taken. You will have your encounters twisted with video footage that "captured" the incident.

And you'll realize we don't get paid enough for this job lol. We basically have to know what a Lawyer knows, but actually apply it in the field and make split decisions on what we can or can't do. But it is a very fulfilling job, you feel great when you have great positive encounters with the public, and it feels great to put bad guys away.

 

My mistake, thats great man. My advice though, is to try and not allow this job to make you jaded. That's the one thing this job sadly does to most people. I think it's made me more of an emotionally tough person, I don't fear awkward or uncomfortable conversations, but I've been able to retain my usual personality.

I commend you my good sir, and if you ever have questions or need advice, hit me up, I'd be glad to help.

 

We deal with that on a daily basis. lol. But it's always funny to go back and laugh at it.

 

Amen, the reality is Law Enforcement in general has to deal with the worse elements of society over and over and over and over again. You get jaded, you develop the ability to laugh at nightmarish situations(cause its that or cry), and you have to have patience. Like I tell my wife who is a teacher. Imagine the worst kid you ever had in class. Now imagine that there is a hole building full of them that have raped, murdered, molested, are hooked on drugs, burgled, abused, been sexually trafficked, beaten, molested, been raped, been neglected, and you have where I work. My heart and prayers always go out to other law enforcement/human services professionals because our collective reality is very different from everyone elses. to quote my old boss "We live in the ish"...

 

It like catching raindrops in a thimble...

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I'll say this though, the system is broken. I see the same criminals doing the same things. I lock up the same dudes for the same, or sometimes different offenses. I'm finding felons carrying guns. I literally arrested a dude that shot three people (they all lived), and when I looked him up in the system, he was CONVICTED for an attempt murder and got only 4 years in prison.... Than he tried it again and failed again.... I honestly don't know how to fix it, but something needs to be done... It's broken, especially in my county.

 

See @John3:16 post above about the 4 year olds. More resources spent there is the solution.

 

I completely agree. Show these upcoming generations of kids that there are things out there for them. I run into this alot and it makes me sad. I'll come into contact with kids, even teens are "bad eggs". They're doing something really dumb, they committed a crime, etc...

I would always talk to them, ask them what their plans are, what they want to do, what interests them, and they usually tell me to f-off or they don't know. And thats whats wrong in these poverty stricken neighborhoods. You gotta let these kids know there is something out there for them, even if they have parents are complete sh__heads, give em some kind of hope. I was thinking about doing some kinda outreach program, but unfortunately I just passed my probation, so i'll probably have to wait a year. But I feel like I can connect with these youngsters on a personal level,

 

Getting rid of victimless crime would help too.

People rarely become better off after leaving prison. If they go there, it should be only for the most serious offenses.