The article didn't make the police look very good. Some things I found funny:
Always a good idea to ignore what your boss tells you and not employ the methods you are taught.
What's the first thing you do when you get to work.....take a break. You could have eaten before work, but you wouldn't have gotten paid for it.
Properly nourished, we are ready to get down to some serious police work.
As we drive slowly along 83rd Street, we see gathered near the entrance to an alleyway just east of Avalon a few members of the local street gang, one of whom is perhaps responsible for killing Jermaine Murray.
What do we do? We drive on
Good thing they are properly nourished, driving takes a lot out of a person.
He then goes on to explain how police are so scared of getting in trouble, they don't do their job. Then he throws this out there:
Change the particulars and the same principles apply to almost any city you can name.
So all cops behave like this? They are all too scared to do their job? That's a pretty bold statement. I've heard from police (yes, I have police friends DRK) that as long you handle things the way you are trained, you shouldn't have to worry about ending up in the media, and that they aren't scared to do their job.
Originally Posted by MumblesBadly
Ignoring protocol instructions from one's boss and immediately taking a break once on the job are both lazy motherfucking asshat moves.But not confronting some gang members because one of them is *perhaps* responsible for a crime isn't out of line. Without a credible documented tip about identity of the killer, the police don't have "probable cause" to make that contact. Because "perhaps" only is grounds for a harassment suit.
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