Tampa Police Chief Story
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I suspect most of you have read that the Tampa Police Chief was asked to resign for showing her badge during a traffic stop. Total waste of time. If one asked a 100 officers what they would do in this situation - a 100 of them would have done the same thing - that is identify themselves as a fellow police officer and gently ask if they could be let off.
She will receive her pension - which is fine - but where is the freaking scandal here?
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It’s true 100 out of 100 would do it, but that’s a problem.
I’m not a fan of cops flagrantly breaking the law because they think the rules don’t apply to them.
In NYC there was a proposal to put traffic cameras near school zones. The cops fought it hard because there was no way to exempt themselves.
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I suspect most of you have read that the Tampa Police Chief was asked to resign for showing her badge during a traffic stop. Total waste of time. If one asked a 100 officers what they would do in this situation - a 100 of them would have done the same thing - that is identify themselves as a fellow police officer and gently ask if they could be let off.
She will receive her pension - which is fine - but where is the freaking scandal here?
@kluurs said in Tampa Police Chief Story:
I suspect most of you have read that the Tampa Police Chief was asked to resign for showing her badge during a traffic stop. Total waste of time. If one asked a 100 officers what they would do in this situation - a 100 of them would have done the same thing - that is identify themselves as a fellow police officer and gently ask if they could be let off.
She will receive her pension - which is fine - but where is the freaking scandal here?
There is no scandal, and yes, they all do it. It's called professional courtesy. I have no real issue with it unless it was a danger to themselves or others. Jon paints a picture of cops running around crazy and drunk and putting the pubic at risk. That's simply not the case.
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Yeah, but it is how the world works. When I was on one of the boards of the Chicago Symphony, I mentioned it when getting tickets for the orchestra.
If a nurse or doc enters an ER for a medical emergency, they mention they're a nurse or doc.
And yes, the law applies - but she didn't try and either bribe or threaten the officer. She left the decision to him - and he made the right call. He might have done that for us as well - even more likely if we were a celebrity, relative or a physically attractive person.
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She didn't even do it right. She's supposed to have a $20 bill folded under her badge as she hands it to the cop.
