Off topic posts re: policing in US v UK
#16
Re: Off topic posts re: policing in US v UK
There are plenty of people with superiority complex's around the US that would love to do it. Not I though.
My 4 interactions with the law (local police and Georgia State Patrol) since arriving in the US have been uniformly negative. Overbearing, authoritarian jobsworths that have either exercised zero discretion or have literally rolled up and accused me of a crime when I got out of my car and then demanded that I allow them to search it based on their assumptions. I told them to get a warrant. They didn't.
It's no wonder cops here have a bad reputation.
My 4 interactions with the law (local police and Georgia State Patrol) since arriving in the US have been uniformly negative. Overbearing, authoritarian jobsworths that have either exercised zero discretion or have literally rolled up and accused me of a crime when I got out of my car and then demanded that I allow them to search it based on their assumptions. I told them to get a warrant. They didn't.
It's no wonder cops here have a bad reputation.
#17
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HTH clarify it.
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Re: Off topic posts re: policing in US v UK
There are plenty of people with superiority complex's around the US that would love to do it. Not I though.
My 4 interactions with the law (local police and Georgia State Patrol) since arriving in the US have been uniformly negative. Overbearing, authoritarian jobsworths that have either exercised zero discretion or have literally rolled up and accused me of a crime when I got out of my car and then demanded that I allow them to search it based on their assumptions. I told them to get a warrant. They didn't.
It's no wonder cops here have a bad reputation.
My 4 interactions with the law (local police and Georgia State Patrol) since arriving in the US have been uniformly negative. Overbearing, authoritarian jobsworths that have either exercised zero discretion or have literally rolled up and accused me of a crime when I got out of my car and then demanded that I allow them to search it based on their assumptions. I told them to get a warrant. They didn't.
It's no wonder cops here have a bad reputation.
For US or Canada Customs, I would say 75% of my crossings into the US are neutral to positive with the other 25% being slightly authoritarian to outright prick, CBSA does a little worse, I find coming back to Canada is generally more negative experience and rate them 50/50, Australia Customs was a little anal, but eh I can't rate them on just one visit, worst entry ever was Jaimiaca where the customs person accused me of trying to illegally immigrate there, but she let me in eventually.
While a nice visit Jaimaica was, I found having that trip on my travel record and stamp in my passport created more problems than it was worth both going to the US and to Canada, for a good 3-4 years both US and Canadian officers asked about the trip wanted great detail about it, and not questions about how the beaches and hotel were, so Jaimaica seems to raise red flags for customs people.
Last edited by scrubbedexpat091; Sep 23rd 2021 at 4:51 pm.
#19
Re: Off topic posts re: policing in US v UK
I work closely with the cops we have here at the airport, who are contracted from the local city. Good bunch of lads. I come form a family of cops, ex wife, sister, cousin, grandad, and I considered joining back home. Completely different game over here though (people carrying guns tends to do that). I’ve heard some horror stories from up in the Bay Area. There is no way I would or could do it. It’s easy to criticize cops, but the shit they have to deal with, it’s no surprise that sometimes they may not paint a great picture of themselves. The city cops here are paid less than me, which again blows my mind.
#20
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It’s easy to criticize cops, but the shit they have to deal with, it’s no surprise that sometimes they may not paint a great picture of themselves
There is simply no way that I would have ever told that Officer to get a warrant if he had asked nicely. That's totally not me. I respect authority and had nothing to hide. However the way he ran up on me as I got out of my car was just absurd. The first words out of his mouth were 'I KNOW you stole that phone'
I didn't have a clue what he was talking about.
Not 'Sir can I speak with you' - it was totally confrontational. So I responded in kind.
Last edited by civilservant; Sep 23rd 2021 at 5:37 pm.
#21
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Once covid restrictions are lifted I would recommend anyone here to take a ride along with a police officer for a shift and see what they deal with. I did and had the following in one shift:
- backing up the fire department who stumbled upon a shop lifting from home Depot
- Drug overdose (I witnessed CPR)
- A very elderly woman who was seeing things in her electrical outlets
- A car wreck in the rain where the car was wrapped around a lamppost
- Shots fired where the officer showed me how to get the shotgun out and I quote "if my ass is getting handed to me"
- A homeless person loitering and causing a disturbance outside of a store
- Another shoplifting
- A 5 minute lunch break of fast food
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#23
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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/u...ngs-rural.html
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...rural-america/
https://gunsandamerica.org/story/20/...n-rural-areas/
https://www.calhealthreport.org/2018...m-study-finds/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-g...64O3OY20100525
Etc.
And you are further aware that we all share responsibility for what happens in areas that we don't actually live in, right?
Last edited by Lion in Winter; Sep 24th 2021 at 1:20 pm.
#24
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You are aware that armed violence is not confined to the south side of Chicago, right?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/u...ngs-rural.html
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...rural-america/
https://gunsandamerica.org/story/20/...n-rural-areas/
https://www.calhealthreport.org/2018...m-study-finds/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-g...64O3OY20100525
Etc.
And you are further aware that we all share responsibility for what happens in areas that we don't actually live in, right?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/u...ngs-rural.html
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...rural-america/
https://gunsandamerica.org/story/20/...n-rural-areas/
https://www.calhealthreport.org/2018...m-study-finds/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-g...64O3OY20100525
Etc.
And you are further aware that we all share responsibility for what happens in areas that we don't actually live in, right?
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