NZ Police public image

**inlinefour** · 27th May 2005, 16:10

Originally Posted by drummer

man o man thats the truth. I teach music in primary schools amongst other things and actively stand against this pathetic Pc culture... blame everyone else... they're to blame!!

Pity that they did not teach them to take responsibility for their own actions...

**idb** · 27th May 2005, 17:06

Gee, I'm glad I'm no longer a deckhand...

Whaddaya mean...some people think you're still a total deckhand.......

NC · 27th May 2005, 17:10

Originally Posted by idb

Whaddaya mean...some people think you're still a total deckhand.......

**inlinefour** · 27th May 2005, 17:20

Originally Posted by idb

Whaddaya mean...some people think you're still a total deckhand.......

But I suspect that they don't want to be honest on account of being in the ward that I work in

**idb** · 27th May 2005, 17:30

Originally Posted by NC

:slap:

**Pixie** · 29th May 2005, 10:09

Someone's got a sense of humour ,but I don't think it's Robinson

**Rainbow Wizard** · 4th June 2005, 08:32

I was breath tested on Thursday night. I'd had about 4 wines and a meal and was telling a friend about the post here that extolls the virtue of riding a deserted roundabout to practise getting one's knee down. I did a demo as a I was talking, but I confess I was in my Mitsi L400 van at the time!

Turns out I was sprung by a security guard via radio and the feds were promptly on the case. I wasn't too concerned because even if I failed a breath test I was confident a blood test would be under. Anyway, the prick says "That''s a fail".
"OK" I say, "what happens now, a blood test?" to which the cop replies
"No, that's a failed reading. ....(pregnant pause 1)....... It failed to register....(pregnant pause 2)......... you're under".

Friggin power tripper, clearly shows a complete lack of goodwill and the pervasion of malice. And they wonder why their rep's so bad. The dickheads only need to look at their modus opperandi to understand why that is.

I have since heard many reports of cops exclaiming after a breath test that registers under what they can bust us for "That's a failed youth".
Why friggin bother.
I rest my case.

**igor** · 4th June 2005, 15:24

Originally Posted by Rainbow Wizard

I was breath tested on Thursday night. I'd had about 4 wines and a meal and was telling a friend about the post here that extolls the virtue of riding a deserted roundabout to practise getting one's knee down. I did a demo as a I was talking, but I confess I was in my Mitsi L400 van at the time!

Turns out I was sprung by a security guard via radio and the feds were promptly on the case. I wasn't too concerned because even if I failed a breath test I was confident a blood test would be under. Anyway, the prick says "That''s a fail".
"OK" I say, "what happens now, a blood test?" to which the cop replies
"No, that's a failed reading. It failed to register....(pregnant pause)......... you're under".

Friggin power tripper, clearly shows a complete lack of goodwill and the pervasion of malice. And they wonder why their rep's so bad. The dickheads only need to look at their modus opperandi to understand why that is.

I have since heard many reports of cops exclaiming after a breath test that registers under what they can bust us for "That's a failed youth".
Why friggin bother.
I rest my case.

ya whole family will be killed by a drink driver and u left as a quadraplegic and then maybe u will have a different view u dumb asshole

**Two Smoker** · 4th June 2005, 16:01

Well i havnt read all of this, due to it being quite nasty at the start... But what i have read is "whinge, whinge,whinge.... cry, cry, cry..... I want my mummy"

HARDEN THE FUCK UP!!! They are all there (the Police) to do a job. As Humans they are prone to make mistakes...

You cant moan about a speeding ticket (although getting done for 111kmh in a 100 zone is a bit petty) or getting breathalised (how does the cop know that you arent a drunk driver?) or anything like that...

To put it into context: I am currently in a court case where i have been charged for Riding in a dangerous manner, and failing to stop for red and blue flashing lights. Even though to be charged for this was because i went 130odd kmh around a corner because i like getting my knee down and failing to ever see the police car, my attitude towards the police, or the police officer that charged me, hasnt changed. I still appreciate the hard work they do, and the tough job they have.

Yes i speed, and yes im prepared for the fines, Yes my old man knows i speed and he is a police officer. Thats why i choose when and where i do my speeding. Even though i speed, i do not consider myself reckless or dangerous. But if i got caught doing 150kmh then thats ok, i was speeding, i cough up the dollars.

And with the issue some cops letting you "off" a speeding ticket and others not... Cops aren't robots, they arent all programed to do the same as everyone else.

**Enn** · 4th June 2005, 17:03

wow what a doozie; to help or not to help,good cop, bad cop to stop or not to stop, take yer medicine,good rep, bad rep, spud gun, real one, and a good dose of legislation, mix and stir add a bit of 'puter eyes dried syndrome,sprinkle with short term memory loss and you end up here.......

Personaly i think the police do a bloody good job and think that it would be a really crap place without them, we would still be in mud huts with a big fence around waiting for the udder fellas to come and pinch the girls and the cold fat and raisin sandwiches... just goes to show that "humans' arent that smart.... mmmm now wheres thet fat'n rasin sammie...

**marty** · 4th June 2005, 18:36

funny thing is, when people are speeding/drinking a little bit, smoking a joint, then driving etc, many people on here beleive a little of that is ok. if that same person though, was involved in a crash, and they had had a beer, or a smoke, or were doing 120km/h on the open road with only one other car about, and that car had you or your family in it, you'd want them hung. if they drove right by, it'd be ok.

**Jantar** · 4th June 2005, 19:27

Originally Posted by igor

ya whole family will be killed by a drink driver and u left as a quadraplegic and then maybe u will have a different view u dumb asshole

Igor, RW was not complaining about being stopped and breath tested, he was complaing about the cop's attitude. I too have been the victim of this type of police humour, and I assure you it is not funny to be told you have a failed breath test when you know you aren't over the limit.

Perhaps you can explain how the cop who makes this type of comment is helping to prevent, as you put it, "ya whole family will be killed by a drink driver and u left as a quadraplegic".

**spudchucka** · 5th June 2005, 06:54

Originally Posted by marty

funny thing is, when people are speeding/drinking a little bit, smoking a joint, then driving etc, many people on here beleive a little of that is ok. if that same person though, was involved in a crash, and they had had a beer, or a smoke, or were doing 120km/h on the open road with only one other car about, and that car had you or your family in it, you'd want them hung. if they drove right by, it'd be ok.

The idiots all want policing to be on their terms. It doesn't and can't work that way.

Policing is a job where there will always be a sector of the community who actively winge about anything the police do simply because thats their mentality.

They raise hell about the guy who cuts them off in traffic, but if caught doing the same thing the cops are picking on them.

They moan if they see a cop travelling at speed to a job but winge if they take more than five minutes to get to them when they call 111.

They think getting assaulted is part of a cops job description but if the cop strikes back its called police brutality.

They wouldn't dream of telling a dentist how to pull a tooth, or a doctor how to take out their appendix, but they are always willing to give cops a few pointers on law enforcement.

Constructive critiscism is one thing, (and its welcome) but the wingers can go suck a fart out of their own arseholes for all I care.

**WINJA** · 5th June 2005, 09:40

Originally Posted by spudchucka

The idiots all want policing to be on their terms. It doesn't and can't work that way.

Policing is a job where there will always be a sector of the community who actively winge about anything the police do simply because thats their mentality.

They raise hell about the guy who cuts them off in traffic, but if caught doing the same thing the cops are picking on them.

They moan if they see a cop travelling at speed to a job but winge if they take more than five minutes to get to them when they call 111.

They think getting assaulted is part of a cops job description but if the cop strikes back its called police brutality.

They wouldn't dream of telling a dentist how to pull a tooth, or a doctor how to take out their appendix, but they are always willing to give cops a few pointers on law enforcement.

Constructive critiscism is one thing, (and its welcome) but the wingers can go suck a fart out of their own arseholes for all I care.

THATS A SHIT ATTITUDE FOR A POORLY PAID PUBLIC SERVANT, IF YOU WANT AN EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE DOING A BAD JOB IN THE FORCE JUST LOOK AT STU KEARNS , WHAT A CUNT

**Rainbow Wizard** · 5th June 2005, 15:39

Originally Posted by Jantar

Igor, RW was not complaining about being stopped and breath tested, he was complaing about the cop's attitude.

And it's damn easy to see why their image is so bad when we so often encounter such jerk-off power-tripping attitudes that seem to pervade the force like a cancer. I hope there's some friggin top-end plod reading this forum and that they do something about correcting such attrocious behaviour. I not complaining about the job they do but I am highly critical of some of their attitudes. They get what they deserve.