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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65
Passed in 4 minutes 16 seconds. On to the polygraph and psych eval.
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Arguably the hardest part to get past. Good luck!!
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Originally Posted by Oogabooga
Good! I must have bad luck then. You cannot do "whatever it takes". You must stay within the limits of the Constitution. I think cops are trained to talk you out of your Constitutional protections. Maybe not so much bad luck for me just how it is.
For example,
Officer: can I search your car
Me: I respectfully decline if you do not have a warrant
Officer: Are you hiding something I should know about? Are you a terrorist?
Me: I remain silent (5th Amendment)
Officer: Why are you not cooperating. What are you hiding? I'll have to call a dog.
Me: I remain silent
My point is why can't I just go on my way? I have the right to remain silent. I have the right to not have my car searched without a warrant. It's like if I don't submit I'm a suspect. Very odd to me.
This has happened more than once to me.
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I've had some bad luck too. They have a reason for it, whatever it may be. Some things I can explain from when I was a police explorer and was taught certain aspects of policing. Other things I obviously can't explain because I didn't go through the academy nor have the experience.
Put yourself in their shoes and imagine the kind of crap they have to deal with. Doesn't excuse them from treating you horribly when you've done something little, but how would you feel if a few hours ago you just stopped a brutal beating of someones wife? Than you had to resume patrol like nothing happened.
The chances of that happening are so little (or maybe not, depends on your city). But my point here is to keep an open mind. Cops certainly aren't out to "get you" like the PC crowd will have you believe. they're human too.