The Law Enforcement Officer Thread

I can see where the polar bear's coming from. I didn't get far in my military experience, but I vividly remember my DS^HEY Well, one of the 3.5 we had, but that particular DS made a much larger impact on me than the others. When I think of "my DS", I think of that guy. bringing his laptop into the barracks once to set up a presentation. He showed us amateur footage from an Iraqi sniper who spoke into the camera, "I have 11 bullets here. 11 presents for President Bush." Then he filmed himself shooting 11 American soldiers in the head. He called it "Iraqi television." He also made a point of telling us that within two years' time, at least two of us in that room would be dead.

The message was clear for all of us. These people are the enemy. When engaged, they WILL kill you if you don't kill them. If you see them, you shoot. You don't wait to see what they're going to do. You don't give them the chance to raise their weapon. They are a threat and you take them out. You shoot to kill.

That's all well and good. Pros and cons of the warzone mindset are another topic entirely. Point is, that's not an appropriate attitude for police. That big black guy with the thing that may or may not be a gun from this angle, he's not The Enemy. He's not a foreign entity with malicious intent towards our way of life. He doesn't have a squadron of buddies ready to pounce. He's one of our people, the folks that soldiers are supposed to be protecting when they're out there shooting to kill.

edited 18th May '15 10:00:25 AM by TobiasDrake

That Motor Bike Gang thing exploded at the local Twin Peaks restaurant. The restaurant may be in a bit of trouble for their part in this event. Something like five different motor bike gangs were there when it went pear shaped. Well over 100 people were arrested.

It is in trouble. It was a franchise restaurant, and the owner refused to cooperate with the police despite knowing ahead of time that the gangs were all coming. The company has revoked its franchise status and the government has revoked their liquor licence for at least a week.

The liquor license is a moot point if their franchise has been yanked. It means the store effectively has to be gutted and remodeled before it can be used or come under new ownership.

They deserved for letting their greed get ahead of common sense and public safety.

I'm still trying to figure out what the restaurant was supposed to do. Evidently they didn't meet the security standards of the Twin Peaks chain, but I wasn't aware that your typical hot wing joint had security standards other than "lock the door at night and put the money in the safe"

[[Joking Mode: Liquor stores have at least 2 flamethrower equipped cyborgs. Didn't you know that?]]

AFP: I think they mean letting several groups of obviously warring gangs meet under one roof with booze in hand. If that doesn't scream you are a fucking idiot I don't know what does.

On the other hand, you would be saying no to five separate heavily-armed biker gangs...

And? That is when you call the police. Most of them are not dumb enough to do anything overt.

They most likely didn't call the cops when. They should have. I have also seen several articles saying the crew was refusing to cooperate with law enforcement when they did arrive, so regardless, they were not being proper to their franchise contract even if they weren't exactly illegal in their actions.

Texas law enforcement have been warned of a possible gang war between the biker gangs Bandidos OMG and the Cossacks MC over money, turf, and respect after a skirmish on Sunday.

Wow, black dude open carry.

Like, wow.

Were the cops breaking any laws there?

Man and wife sentenced to 25 weekends of jailtime after starving, abusing, and molesting children and locking them away for years

Apparently the man was a former police chief and all sources point to the judge presiding over the trial as being a good friend of his back when he held the position.

Honestly, that seriously sounds like grounds for the judge's disqualification in the case at the very least. Of course the courts in the area are denying allegations of nepotism and claiming the trial was completely fair.

edited 19th May '15 5:41:55 PM by carbon-mantis

Ok I first read that as '25 years' and I was all 'yay' then I continued reading....

Nope nothing suspicious there. Totally like the typical sentence anyone would get. /Sarcasm

What overt corrupt bullshit.

If my best friend pulled that shit, I would drop them in a jail so deep... If they are still his friends after that, what they did, he is scum.

25 weeks of community service! Deferred for good behavior.

Does anyone know how bond works?

My BFF was just arrested last night for missing her court date; she was stopped for a busted headlight a few months back but didn't have her Proof of Insurance with her, so she was ordered to appear in court to provide it; the vehicle was insured, but she had a phone app for the insurance that wasn't working.

She has a nocturnal work schedule as a newspaper deliverer and accidentally slept through her court date as a result. She was arrested last night/this morning while on her paper route. I've been informed that she has a bond of $250 that I need to pay to get her back.

I was under the impression that the way it works is I pay the money and she comes home, but others have told me that it's only a temporary release and she still has to go back for court, and then if she's found Not Guilty we get the money back but if she's Guilty then they maybe keep the money and she might have to go back into jail or whatever they sentence her with.

edited 20th May '15 9:26:31 AM by TobiasDrake

Yeah you pay a deposit so you don't have to stay in jail until your court date.

I think. Probably. Ask a lawyer.

She has to appear now for both the original warrant and the arrest.

If you bond her out, a bail bondsmen pays and you pay a percentage. If she doesn't appear, then the bondsmen are going to hunt her down and arrest her.

In Britain — Are bobbies on the beat 'endangered'?

As the Police Federation are a bunch of proven corrupt shit stirrers willing to lie to the public I'd suggest taking anything they say with some serious salt.

Well, you pay the bondsman if you go to them for the bond money. If you can pay the bond out of pocket, the bondsman and the bounty hunters don't really get involved (I mean, unless you hire the bounty hunter to catch your friend if she skips bail)

Senator Clayton Davis.

How about some context to go with that name.