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84LX89GT · 03-28-2002, 08:41 PM

Here is my opinion based on my friend who was a police explorer (volunteer cop) and is now a volunteer as a county cop while he's in ROTC in the army (did someone mention messed up people being in military/law enforcement parchance

) Anyway, i would NEVER want to be pulled over by him because he's an @sshole and he told me about all the cops and how they bragged about what kind of cars they pulled over and how much they ticketed them for. He also told me about how most of the cops are psychos that he went for ride alongs with (since he was an "insider" he saw alot of shady stuff). I've actually had MUCH BETTER luck with state troopers than with local area police because it takes alot of effort to become a state trooper as well as mental exams and polygraph tests on top of the rigorous physical tests and i believe that state troopers have to either be volunteers in the military or have miliatary background, but i'm not sure. All of this is relevant to washington state.

Another one of my friends was a roommate with a cop who was absolutely psycho, would take him chevy lumina and park like a cop who was radaring (it was dark blue and looked kinda like something a cop would drive) and sit there for hours for no reason other than watch people slam on their brakes. He also would wake up my friend with a stun gun every morning. Really weird psycho.

For me i've never met a city cop that i liked most of them in my opinion are just a step above a security gaurd. County cops mostly ticket and in my opinion are generally useless. State Troopers give tickets on the freeway, but since i've gotten off one ticket for being in a multiple car crash and i got a ticket for 19 over where the cop didn't mess with me i don't have much of a problem with them so far.

What am i trying to say.....well.....i HATE seeing cops sitting with a radar gun and i usually flick them off after i pass (put my finger down where they can't see it) because there's nothing that pisses me off more than when i hear about bad things happening to people and more effort was put into traffic duty than to responding to calls. This, of course, is just my opinion.

03-28-2002, 08:41 PM	#5
84LX89GT Mustangs Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,938	My experience with cops as civilians Here is my opinion based on my friend who was a police explorer (volunteer cop) and is now a volunteer as a county cop while he's in ROTC in the army (did someone mention messed up people being in military/law enforcement parchance ) Anyway, i would NEVER want to be pulled over by him because he's an @sshole and he told me about all the cops and how they bragged about what kind of cars they pulled over and how much they ticketed them for. He also told me about how most of the cops are psychos that he went for ride alongs with (since he was an "insider" he saw alot of shady stuff). I've actually had MUCH BETTER luck with state troopers than with local area police because it takes alot of effort to become a state trooper as well as mental exams and polygraph tests on top of the rigorous physical tests and i believe that state troopers have to either be volunteers in the military or have miliatary background, but i'm not sure. All of this is relevant to washington state. Another one of my friends was a roommate with a cop who was absolutely psycho, would take him chevy lumina and park like a cop who was radaring (it was dark blue and looked kinda like something a cop would drive) and sit there for hours for no reason other than watch people slam on their brakes. He also would wake up my friend with a stun gun every morning. Really weird psycho. For me i've never met a city cop that i liked most of them in my opinion are just a step above a security gaurd. County cops mostly ticket and in my opinion are generally useless. State Troopers give tickets on the freeway, but since i've gotten off one ticket for being in a multiple car crash and i got a ticket for 19 over where the cop didn't mess with me i don't have much of a problem with them so far. What am i trying to say.....well.....i HATE seeing cops sitting with a radar gun and i usually flick them off after i pass (put my finger down where they can't see it) because there's nothing that pisses me off more than when i hear about bad things happening to people and more effort was put into traffic duty than to responding to calls. This, of course, is just my opinion. __________________ 2005 Suzuki Hayabusa GSX1300-R 1980 Ford Thunderbird - 255 V8 ported heads, 5.0L ported stock headers, O.R. H-pipe and Flowmaster 2-chambers, dual roller timing chain hi-po Mack Truck hood emblem 1985 Mustang GT 5.0L T5, F-303, GT40p, headers, off-road h, flowmasters, MSD stuff, etc. Sold 02/06/04 1989 Mustang GT ET: 13.304@102.29 mph (5-24-03) Sold - 1998 Mustang Cobra coupe, 1/4 mile - street tires: 13.843@103.41 (bone stock)