Take off the badge Sherriff

[Fishy]

Would be well worth it to go back and wait next Tuesday morning and get some footage though. Oh the exposure of law enforcement officers commiting licence losing offences for fun would be priceless!!

[Goblin]

Aand this would have achieved what?

Would not have achieved much...other than giving myself a bad name....it's a bit rough when there's lots of laws for civilians and cops seem to be imune to these laws.

[Indoo]

I've always thought two kinds of people become cops; the officious, power mad type and the hoon.
I.

Whereas you became a traffic cop, real estate agent and salesman for the good of society and the desire to make a difference?

If we went by your book your career path would say a hell of alot about your character.

[scumdog]

Would not have achieved much...other than giving myself a bad name....it's a bit rough when there's lots of laws for civilians and cops seem to be imune to these laws.

I've got no problem - as long as you were just as willing to film Joe Hoon and send THAT of to TVNZ

[Goblin]

I've got no problem - as long as you were just as willing to film Joe Hoon and send THAT of to TVNZ

I don't even own a camera well only an old pentax film camera.

Gotta remember this was more than 7 years ago, most of the said "hoons" probably don't even work in this region anymore.

[Mongoose]

And said laws were not in existance to the extent they are now.

[Goblin]

Yes Mongoose

[Lou Girardin]

Whereas you became a traffic cop, real estate agent and salesman for the good of society and the desire to make a difference?

If we went by your book your career path would say a hell of alot about your character.

If you were to make judgements on someone you'd never met, it possibly would.

[spudchucka]

make judgements on someone you'd never met

You do it every day right here for all to read!

[Lou Girardin]

You do it every day right here for all to read!

I could have said that Indoo sounds like a person who so identifies with his job to the exclusion of all else, and is so insecure about himself that he feels that he has to defend every perceived slight against that job. But I'd probably be wrong.
You'll note that I've never stated my impression of you either Spud.

[Mongoose]

You met the cop?

[Lou Girardin]

You met the cop?

Read all the post.

[Indoo]

If you were to make judgements on someone you'd never met, it possibly would.

And by stating that you believe that anyone who joins the police is either power mad or a hoon your not making judgements on the 8000 or so cops you have never met or will never meet?

Comments like that are about as stupid as me saying that all bike salesmen are greedy pricks, only in it for the money and willing to deceive people to make a sale. The reality is that most do it for a love of bikes and because they like seeing a happy customer ride off on a new bike (of course it could never be that people join the police because they enjoy locking up bad guys and helping people)

I don't take offence Lou, if I did I would have had you and Winja on ignore along time ago. I just wonder what its like to have such a huge chip on your shoulder and the Rodney King type experience you must have had to have caused it.

[Grahameeboy]

Oh Lou Lou....we all have jobs, most are jobs where we can hide and some, like the Police who are constantly open to shit.

I have worked with complete arseoles at work and they somehow get away with it.....as a Police officer, I guess you only have to make one mistake and you get it in the ear......you only have to read the paper today to see what they put up with.....

Like Indoo says, there are 8,000 guys and gals in the Police and as with any job there will always be a few that will be bad cookies. I guess the question you have to ask yourself Lou is whether you would want to be a Police Officer for a week and I think your answer would be "No"....I could be wrong and am happy to be so.....

Like I said earlier, just let these things go cause the only one getting upset is you and just let arseholes be that cause they want you to get upset.

[Mongoose]

Just checking to see if you do indeed judge others you have not met