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  1. Vgree

    Lets not repeat today please...

    It hurts a bit now driving a 10 year old truck while all my buddies have brand new rides. The wife drives an 08 Honda. Plenty of other sacrifices we make, but then I see old guys who retire and have to immediately start another job and I know it will be worth it. We both run small LLCs as side...
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    This is what happens to gun nuts

    The current best practice that is being taught is park 1-2 houses down the street and approach on foot using your flashlight to illuminate the house you are going to. This allows you to turn off the light and use darkness for concealment if a threat appears. This is taught now because there were...
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    This is what happens to gun nuts

    Tragic situation all around, the officers were headed to a domestic disturbance which can be incredibly dangerous, then the guy answers the door with a gun after the announced they were the police (article says they did). Legally that's a justified shooting, not a shooting anyone involved is...
  4. Vgree

    Lets not repeat today please...

    As a cop we have a solid pension and my wife has a great 401k that the city (she works in the city hall for the same municipality) pays into. Beyond that we are living poorish and investing our asses off. We got a late start but the goal is when I hit 51 and she hits 45 we can both walk away...
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    Lets not repeat today please...

    Our policy is one nasal dose, wait 2 minutes and then another if needed. I want to say ours are 4mg. My experience has been nasal wakes them up slow enough they don't get violent. IV... means we are gonna have to restrain them. Overall narcan is an awesome tool. It has taken me a while to...
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    Lets not repeat today please...

    I appreciate the kind words. Plenty of rewarding days too. Last night was one of those, got to arrest a subject with a warrant for serious child abuse. He tried to run but didn't get away. Then i was the first officer on scene at a road rage incident where one subject high on something was...
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    Lets not repeat today please...

    When I applied I was one of 80 for one spot at my small department. We just ran a hiring process and we only got 6 applications and only three passed the written and physical test. One of those has a criminal record, so he's out. We interviewed two today for the open spot. We know we have at...
  8. Vgree

    Lets not repeat today please...

    The people of Oklahoma said no to that one recently.
  9. Vgree

    Lets not repeat today please...

    100%
  10. Vgree

    Lets not repeat today please...

    Nothing like working yourself to complete physical exhaustion to get the mind right. Add ice baths after and you have nearly free anti depression services.
  11. Vgree

    Lets not repeat today please...

    Honestly I'm not underpaid, I make pretty good money, some days I feel overpaid. Plenty in the profession are underpaid for sure, but that's not an issue I can complain about.
  12. Vgree

    Lets not repeat today please...

    Also I can have a laugh about the face my rookie made looking at the drunk covered in shit and vomit, as the drunk charged at him.
  13. Vgree

    Lets not repeat today please...

    I have plenty of healthy outlets, this one works fairly well.
  14. Vgree

    Lets not repeat today please...

    Some days you want to relive multiple times and some you have to relive over and over because they aren't things people should deal with. Craptastic day at work to say the least. Started with giving narcan to an overdose and performing CPR and she didn't make it. The only people in the house...
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    Police Militarization in the US

    Clean, I see what you are saying 100%, but I still disagree with that shooting. I have worked protests during the past few years and have been in very dangerous situations where my life and the life of others were threatened if the "mob" continued their actions. I got investigated for pointing a...
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    Police Militarization in the US

    We have some basic department policies related to assisting other agencies, which includes federal agencies, it is very broad and allows for the supervisor on duty to refuse if they believe it is immoral, illegal, or doesn't follow the mission of our PD. The example I gave above, I was the...
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    Police Militarization in the US

    To bring the topic back on course a bit, talking about militarization of police. Recently drones have become a big thing for LE, many departments are deploying small drones to track fleeing suspects, search for missing people, and scout areas. I have personally gotten to use one equipped with...
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    Police Militarization in the US

    I don't disagree completely with you, just basing off my experience. I would challenge you to find a time that local LE forced federal LE to do something that endangered them. I don't know of any, but I can find numerous examples of Federal LE asking Local LE to stop or investigate something...
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    Police Militarization in the US

    I should say that I have bumped into a few true professionals in federal LE. The US Marshals are 100% the most professional LE agency I have ever been around. Their fugitive task force guys are real pros and when our swat team has worked with them they were amazing, spoke our language and...
  20. Vgree

    Police Militarization in the US

    Federal law enforcement has a long history of getting local LE killed in these type of things. Little to no supervision of what individual branches are doing and when it is questioned any damning info is swept under the rug. As a cop I don't trust federal LE at all. I generally assume they...


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