Give them a break!

**Pussy** · 27th October 2010, 20:31

There does seem to be too much cop bashing. Wouldn't do their job for quids.
And not all of us want some nanny "you don't have to be responsible for your own actions" state. Another Labour "when I want your opinion, I'll give it to you" bullshit.

**Toaster** · 27th October 2010, 20:41

Originally Posted by marie_speeds

When I was 15 I was walking back to school after lunch (was in mufti) cop car pulled up said that there had been a burglary in the area then proceeded to grill me. Told me he'd let me off if I did him a "favour"....

So can totally understand where you're coming from.

And for the record he didn't get the "favour".

Firstly, at 15 years old, are you really sure he was actually a cop and not a pedophile cop impostor (as they use this trick regularly....).

If indeed it was an actual cop, then yep, shame on the one that spoils it for all the thousands of others trying to do an honest job well under extreme and constant criticism. Those scum have no place in society, let alone in the blue uniform.

**Genie** · 28th October 2010, 06:19

Imposters, yes the world is full of them

**marie_speeds** · 28th October 2010, 07:58

Originally Posted by Genie

Really????? And at 15 you didn't report this despicable action from a law enforcement officer....

Originally Posted by mattian

If this indeed happened, then I implore you to make a formal complaint about it. How many times could he have done this to other people because you let it go?.
NZ Police have a VERY high standard of integrity and if this officer is in fact guilty of what you are accusing then, his feet wouldn't even touch the floor on his way out the door.

Originally Posted by Toaster

Firstly, at 15 years old, are you really sure he was actually a cop and not a pedophile cop impostor (as they use this trick regularly....).

If indeed it was an actual cop, then yep, shame on the one that spoils it for all the thousands of others trying to do an honest job well under extreme and constant criticism. Those scum have no place in society, let alone in the blue uniform.

He was a sworn policeman in uniform. My saving grace was a neighbour driving past who stopped and asked what was going on, the cop said "nothing" and then jumped back in his car and drove off. But sadly I have heard from others that this sort of behaviour with teenage girls does go on. And unfortunately whilst the majority of policeman are very good at their jobs and are there to provide a service to the public, there is amongst them those few bad apples, who take advantage of the authority they hold and who are no better than the criminals they are supposed to protect us from. Do these bad apples treat the police force as there own personal gang? In my opinion absolutely.

**BoristheBiter** · 28th October 2010, 08:01

Originally Posted by marie_speeds

He was a sworn policeman in uniform. My saving grace was a neighbour driving past who stopped and asked what was going on, the cop said "nothing" and then jumped back in his car and drove off. But sadly I have heard from others that this sort of behaviour with teenage girls does go on. And unfortunately whilst the majority of policeman are very good at their jobs and are there to provide a service to the public, there is amongst them those few bad apples, who take advantage of the authority they hold and who are no better than the criminals they are supposed to protect us from. Do these bad apples treat the police force as there own personal gang? In my opinion absolutely.

Did you report him?

**marie_speeds** · 28th October 2010, 08:07

Originally Posted by BoristheBiter

Did you report him?

I was 15 and late getting back to school. More concerned with a nun with a strap or worse detention. LOL. I did tell my neighbour what had been going on, and she reported it to my parents. Unfortunately neither of us bothered to get a badge number or licence plate number. So sadly this policeman never did get reported and god knows how many others he tried this on.

**avgas** · 28th October 2010, 08:20

Originally Posted by Banditbandit

Mate, when you are sitting quietly in the Square in Chch .. not hassling anyone, not doing anything except reading a book ... not talking to anyone ... and the police demand to search you "for drugs ..." and when you ask "On what Grounds ?" they come back with something like "suspicion of carrying drugs ..." their only real evidence is that you have long hair ...

How do you think we feel ??? Pissed off? Harrassed ???

Yeah ... I have not been an ideal citizen in the past ... and I know when I have been provocative and stirring .. and when I haven't ...

I do know the difference .. I'm not stupid ... or arrogant ... If I have to deal with the police, I will ... on a polite and non-confrontational basis ...

But I have seen them provoke things ... step outside the law ... on their own initiative ...

Yeah real rebel.
Want a tissue for your issue?

**avgas** · 28th October 2010, 09:00

Originally Posted by marie_speeds

When I was 15 I was walking back to school after lunch (was in mufti) cop car pulled up said that there had been a burglary in the area then proceeded to grill me. Told me he'd let me off if I did him a "favour"....

So can totally understand where you're coming from.

And for the record he didn't get the "favour".

Were you a hottie?

**marie_speeds** · 28th October 2010, 09:08

Originally Posted by avgas

Were you a hottie?

Umm no maybe um I don't know...LOL I think I had just as much vanity as any other 15 year old girl on the planet

**avgas** · 28th October 2010, 09:19

Originally Posted by marie_speeds

Umm no maybe um I don't know...LOL I think I had just as much vanity as any other 15 year old girl on the planet

Dirty.........

**marie_speeds** · 28th October 2010, 09:43

Originally Posted by avgas

Dirty.........

I was a good catholic school girl

**Banditbandit** · 28th October 2010, 15:25

Originally Posted by avgas

Yeah real rebel.
Want a tissue for your issue?

Hey .. I'm not crying over it .. step outside the norms and you become a target ...
I was asked the question and gave an answer ...

**HenryDorsetCase** · 28th October 2010, 15:49

Originally Posted by marie_speeds

He was a sworn policeman in uniform. My saving grace was a neighbour driving past who stopped and asked what was going on, the cop said "nothing" and then jumped back in his car and drove off. But sadly I have heard from others that this sort of behaviour with teenage girls does go on. And unfortunately whilst the majority of policeman are very good at their jobs and are there to provide a service to the public, there is amongst them those few bad apples, who take advantage of the authority they hold and who are no better than the criminals they are supposed to protect us from. Do these bad apples treat the police force as there own personal gang? In my opinion absolutely.

was it in Rotorua in the 80's?