It's soooooo unfair (sniffle)

[James Deuce]

I know what you're trying to do, you're trying to tell us you actually catch people who should not be driving or riding and criminals...

Like that will go down well on here...

It is utterly immoral to to interrogate the entire population on the off chance one of them may dob themselves in. It is the primary justification used for the establisment of every police state in history. Contrary to popular Police opinion, all people aren't scumbags waiting to happen.

It is NOT OK to change laws to simply assume that the whole populace is guilty and therefore desrves the indignity of being treated like a criminal every time they interface with the Police.

[Berg]

Just reading the thread, it's bouncing about in fifty directions, but mentions the ACC thing at times.

Quite a few assumptions have been made about me and my work. Here's a wee insight.

I stopped my first vehicle of the day, he ran a stop sign after I sat there waiting for someone to run a stop sign. He turned out to be a suspended driver, after he had given me his fully licenced mates name and address. Charges laid, car impounded.

I was cheesed off, as the paperwork involved in that was tedious, as ever.

Next job (just finished it), I heard Comms calling for someone to attend a car being pinched from a suburb a couple over from where I was. Being on a Popo bike, I got there fairly quickly. I have now spent 3 hours dealing with a smarmy young offender, haven't recovered the car yet, but have done a video interview and taken a DNA sample. The paperwork from the first job is looking way more attractive, as I now have to fell a tree to sort the stolen car mess out.

I love my job for the variety, so despite what some think, I'm not on a power rush, I don't get a hit from exerting my authority, I don't give a toss about the fines from the tickets I can write. Not a jot.

Hi ho, have at that then.

Love ya work. My day included assisting in tracking down a car thief, interviewing somebody who had supplied false details when stopped in the past, parking up a truck who was dropping rubbish all over the road, upsetting a driver who was towing a trailer at 100km in the two lane bit but slowed to 90 when it narrowed to single lane plus doing all my usual stuff.
Like you, I don't give a shit about the finicial side of what I do. For me, its safety all the way

[Scuba_Steve]

How do you spell intelligent, dickhead, stay in Wellington increase the IQ of both Islands.

Oi You can keep him, we don't want him up here neither

Just reading the thread, it's bouncing about in fifty directions, but mentions the ACC thing at times.

Quite a few assumptions have been made about me and my work. Here's a wee insight.

I stopped my first vehicle of the day, he ran a stop sign after I sat there waiting for someone to run a stop sign. He turned out to be a suspended driver, after he had given me his fully licenced mates name and address. Charges laid, car impounded.

I was cheesed off, as the paperwork involved in that was tedious, as ever.

Next job (just finished it), I heard Comms calling for someone to attend a car being pinched from a suburb a couple over from where I was. Being on a Popo bike, I got there fairly quickly. I have now spent 3 hours dealing with a smarmy young offender, haven't recovered the car yet, but have done a video interview and taken a DNA sample. The paperwork from the first job is looking way more attractive, as I now have to fell a tree to sort the stolen car mess out.

I love my job for the variety, so despite what some think, I'm not on a power rush, I don't get a hit from exerting my authority, I don't give a toss about the fines from the tickets I can write. Not a jot.

Hi ho, have at that then.

Only 2 jobs??? musta been alota donut eating time

For me, its safety all the way

So no speed scams or rego checks from you then?

[Kickaha]

Contrary to popular Police opinion, all people aren't scumbags waiting to happen.

Oi, that opinion isn't just that of the police

[Berg]

Oi You can keep him, we don't want him up here neither



Only 2 jobs??? musta been alota donut eating time



So no speed scams or rego checks from you then?

Put four trucks off the road this week for dumping oil on the road. Being a biker that should be a safety issue you can relate to

[Edbear]

It is utterly immoral to to interrogate the entire population on the off chance one of them may dob theselves in. It is the primary justification used for the establisment of every police state in history. Contrary to popular Police opinion, all people aren't scumbags waiting to happen.

It is NOT OK to change laws to simply assume that the whole populace is guilty and therefore desrves the indignity of being treated like a criminal every time they interface with the Police.

Have you ever been on patrol? Do you perhaps not think that those who are actually out there doing the job every day, who have been doing it for years, might just know a bit about it? Like any profession you can name, the ones doing the job are surely in the best position to know what works.

I know people on the Dole who can tell you just how to make lots of money. I know a lot of people who know better than any qualified professional in any field. Always, they have no qualifications or experience in that profession.

Everyone here can tell us exactly what is wrong with the Law, the Govt. the health service, the IRD, the Police... Funny how nobody qualified and experienced is as vocal or angry as those who are not.

Notice it is the lawbreakers who are most vocal on their condemnation of the Law? The only time I have ever been "treated like a criminal" in my interactions with the Police is to have been given a ticket for speeding. Even then the officer was polite and courteous. Every other time such as at a checkpoint I have been treated in a friendly and courteous manner. Maybe the fact that I was not breaking the law made a difference?

Off topic a bit but it is the same when drugs are being discussed. It is the heavy, addicted users who are the angry, defensive and abusive ones.

If anyone doesn't like the way things are you know you have two choices. Leave or engage in the process for change. Most however far prefer to get on their high horses and loudly condemn from the place of ignorance, ( not knowing from research, qualification and experience), and defending their "right" to break any law they don't like with impunity.

[Scuba_Steve]

Put four trucks off the road this week for dumping oil on the road. Being a biker that should be a safety issue you can relate to

don't get me wrong, any effort put into actual policing (greater community) I applaud & appreciate, it's the effort put into scamming, extorting & making money for the Govt I detest.

So if in-fact all you do is for safety & the greater good then . If however most your time is actually spent running speed scams, rego checks & the likes then

[rastuscat]

I don't know you, and have never met you, but the attitude you display on here leads me to believe you are one of the brainwashed idiot masses, the police college spits out annually.

Gosh, thanks.

Rastus.

[Kickaha]

Gosh, thanks.

Rastus.

Don't mind Drew, he's a fucking dick

[rastuscat]

Don't mind Drew, he's a fucking dick

Gosh, thanks

Rastus

[rastuscat]

don't get me wrong, any effort put into actual policing (greater community) I applaud & appreciate, it's the effort put into scamming, extorting & making money for the Govt I detest.

So if in-fact all you do is for safety & the greater good then . If however most your time is actually spent running speed scams, rego checks & the likes then

Not sure that many of us turn up each day to run speed and rego scams.

I've never met a cop who has gained one red cent from tickets. But apparently they are out there, coz we are all guilty of revenue collecting. Or so I keep reading on here.

Still, "actual policing", now, there's a term I haven't seen before. I get told to be a real policeman quite often, but not an actual one.

For the record, the traffic unit in Christchurch spends approximately 40% of it's time on non road policing things.

Just FYI.

[Kickaha]

Gosh, thanks

Rastus

You're welcome, what address should we send the donuts to?

[baptist]

To many skids?

Got stuck at McDonalds?

Maybe the weight of all the doughnuts buggered the suspension...

Interesting thread and I have to say I have had dealings with cops some of whom have been fair and some who have been total toss pots... but that's life all sorts of people work in all sorts of jobs. Over the last couple of weeks though I have to say that the only Government agency that had been prepared to help a client I am working with has been the Police... Agencies that should have helped have been to say the least a waste of space, the cops however have been supportive and bloody good buggers so +1 to them ...

Cripes I just wrote something in support of the cops ... I will hang up my leathers in shame right now

[scumdog]

Wow, that really is a great work story.

Was the point of it to try and get us, to identify that you have bad days too?

I don't know you, and have never met you, but the attitude you display on here leads me to believe you are one of the brainwashed idiot masses, the police college spits out annually.

'Drew is capable of better than this, he must try harder if he is to stay in this class, a disappointing effort for a years work'

[scumdog]

I'd buy him a beer. I'd buy anyone who does that job (or is a paramedic or firefighter) a beer. Dealing with fucking lowlives, day in day out: not my idea of a good time.

Are you talking about when he's logged onto KB??...or his job?