Crooked Police?

[Chimaera182]

Yet, how good of a job is the DEA doing?

[slade]

Originally Posted by Chimaera182

Yet, how good of a job is the DEA doing?

nobody wants the police to look bad so sometimes they cover up any loose ends or you just dont hear about how many cops they do catch.....however yeah there will always be corrupt people

[Denethorn]

I'm mostly with Darzog on this one.

There is corruption in almost ever facet of society; corporate, civil, religious aswell as the emergency services.

Alot of people round here deeply distrust/disrespect/dislike the police. But I find alot of this seems to be experiance based, rather than factual. If people are on the receiving end of a drunk and disorderly caution, or have their pot confiscated they automatically hate the police In reality, the majority of policemen are ordinary people, doing their jobs. Some might be better than others, some might be a bit thick etc but its unfair to say most of them are all in on some big conspiracy.

I have no doubt there is corruption, but I don't see that as justification to hate the service as a whole. I personally have had mostly good dealings with them. When people arrogantly and ignorantly say "what have they ever done for you?" or "they're never there when you need them" I can reel off a host of situations where they have been invaluable, helpful and fast.

Ofcourse I expect the situation is possibly different there. But I still think it is something worth considering. The minority speak louder than the majority.

[Magrus]

@ Denethorn, I base my experiences with the police mainly off of what I have seen and dealt with, coupled with the words I've had with people I know and trust. The fact of the matter is, I, myself have dealt with police. Once...ONCE has an officer done something with me the legal way, and been nice to me. The rest? They used illegal profiling to harrass me because I "looked like a criminal". I am naturally nocturnal basically, and without a job to make me have to get up during daylight, I will revert to going about town after dark. This...makes me a degenerate criminal in the eyes of most of my community and the police department. THAT is wrong and shouldn't happen.

I was once followed for 3 miles by a squad car after the policemen stopped me and a friend when we took a walk starting at about midnight a few years ago. We had nothing on us, and we told the officer we were going for a walk around town because we needed to talk and didn't want to keep my light-sleeping mother awake. He had been having problems with his fiancee, we were over 18 and there was no curfew. He had absolutely no right to be following us, yet he did.

The fact the police didn't bother with more than a cursory investigation of the crime scene of where my 16 year old friend was dragged into a car and gang raped by a group of guys made me wonder why anyone is paying the police around here. My friends and I went around ourselves and got people to attest to being witnesses of guys who fit the description my friend gave us bragging about having sex with a 16 year old at a party by her name. Not to mention, the fact the one guys clothes were covered in blood. We brought names of the people who gave us these accounts, as well as their adresses and phone numbers. You know what the police did? Threw the list out and said it wasn't important. They have yet to do any more work on the case and it will have been 2 years this summer. THAT, in and of itself made me lose all faith and respect for police. But of course, if I went and did something to those guys myself, I'd be locked away.

[Chimaera182]

Originally Posted by Magrus

But of course, if I went and did something to those guys myself, I'd be locked away.

That's why you have to do it very carefully. Even plant evidence to lead the police to other members of the gang rape, to get them in jail for the murder.

[Magrus]

Originally Posted by Chimaera182

That's why you have to do it very carefully. Even plant evidence to lead the police to other members of the gang rape, to get them in jail for the murder.

My friends and I actually considered this. Seriously, thoughtfully considered this. They drugged three of my friends last night, and if I hadn't been with two of them looking for the third, chances are they would have gotten three of my friends instead of the young one that they did knock over the head and drag away.