Quote:
Originally Posted by SILVERHAWK
[/B]
Exactly Obzen!!!
Nightfall, I understand your frustration and truthfully "we" get the speeding while on duty thing drilled at us all the time. Somedays we get tired of hearing "what took you so long"" on and on...
Honestly, there are some types of complaints we respond to, where we are trained not to use our lights or limit their use.
I work in a congested City ("town" more like it) where the main road is a 6 lane divided hwy. Sometimes, I would rather run to an emergency call with my lights off rather than have them on (all except going thru intersections/lights). The general public doesn't know how to react when you come up behind them. The first car goes to the right, the next car pulls into the median, the third idiot slaps on his brakes and stops right in front of me in the left lane. WTF!! sometimes its easier to slip thru the traffic rather than scare the s--- out of them. That is..if they are paying attention at all.
While on normal patrol I normally stay around 5 over... this lets traffic flow around the speed limit behind me. BUT I constantly have people in my City drive right on by me like I'm not even there. Then I stop them and they go.... why? DUh!!! is my car not marked enough for you.. back in my younger days.... you never passed a marked car on the hwy.
Are there officers out there that do it....yeah but the majority of the time at least with the people I work with...its for a reason.
|
well i respect you and i take your insight so
. It just seems to me cops abuse there power around here too much
and can you explain to me besides trying to scare the love of god into me why he did what he did? Would it be more wise OPEN LANE HIT PEDEL then do as i posted?