This Is All I Have To Say On The Matter

[Shuftin]

As a child my Grandfather would often tell me “A man who lies to you is the same man who will steal from you”. I was too young to know it then but I realize now that he was talking about a man’s character. Your character dictates your conscience and who you are, what you do, how you act and what you are capable of doing.

In this forum it has been pointed out and argued that some stories are about “Former” police officers and therefore are not legit police crimes. I say the character of a former police officer who commits a crime is the same character the police officer had when he wore a badge. Basically, he always had it in him and it was him.

“A man who lies to you is the same man who will steal from you”. What crimes or misconduct did these “Former” police officers commit, known or unknown, while wearing a badge and in what fashion did they perform their jobs?

The most important question of all is “How did they fit in so well with the other police officers”? Personally I believe that police officers are of like mind and therefore of like kind.

I liken the stories posted about “Former” police officers as KIND CRIMES because, at one time, they ran with the pack along with the current police officers and no one noticed a difference. The difference was not noticed because there was no difference.

Bottom line: The crimes of “Former” police officers are indeed police crimes or, like I said before, kind crimes.

A dog does what a dog does because he's a dog doing what a dog does. With or with-out a badge.

[WaTcHeR]

Usually when the story reads that the cop was a "former" police officer, that usually means 9 out of 10 times that the officer was fired or resigned due to the alleged crime that was committed. This can be read usually somewhere in the story, that the officer was fired or resigned, simply because the department doesn't want to have a bad reputation of having an officer still employed and under investigation for committing crime.

[streetsweeper]

Cops are in high demand, and not many people are willing or able. Of those precious few that are willing and able, they are still human. We try to weed the bad ones out whenever we can, but until we catch them- just like a civilian on the street- we have to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Show me a perfect man, and I'll show you a perfect cop.

[WaTcHeR]

streetsweeper said:

Show me a perfect man, and I'll show you a perfect cop.

Since your on the subject of that we are all just humans. Why are so many cops and police unions afraid of civilian police review boards? Can't other "humans," police the police?

[streetsweeper]

watcher said:

Since your on the subject of that we are all just humans. Why are so many cops and police unions afraid of civilian police review boards? Can't other "humans," police the police?

I didn't know so many cops were afraid of review boards?

Depends on the context. Do speak from personal expierence or just something you read on the internets?

[WaTcHeR]

streetsweeper said:

watcher said:

Since your on the subject of that we are all just humans. Why are so many cops and police unions afraid of civilian police review boards? Can't other "humans," police the police?

I didn't know so many cops were afraid of review boards?

Depends on the context. Do speak from personal expierence or just something you read on the internets?

It's what I read from news agencies. You know news from T.V. and newspapers that reports the comments and remarks from police unions, police chiefs, mayors, city councilmen and concerned citizens.

[Grunt]

The only police that could possibly be opposed to a civilian review board are those that have something to hide.