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If your're smart you can't be a cop....
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http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06E2DB143DF93AA3575AC0A96F958260
Just in case your"re not down with the conspiracy sites.
Just in case your"re not down with the conspiracy sites.
Razorguns
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What's the difference between an employer not hiring you because you're "over-qualified?" Such as a person with a Masters Degree applying for a Junior Programmer position.
Makes sense. $80,000 to train a guy, who bails as soon as his mid-life crisis is over, and he gets a real job offer in his career. May not be correct in this case - but as a general rule it is. I wouldn't give a f/t job to an ex-CEO to be a junior accountant.
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Makes sense. $80,000 to train a guy, who bails as soon as his mid-life crisis is over, and he gets a real job offer in his career. May not be correct in this case - but as a general rule it is. I wouldn't give a f/t job to an ex-CEO to be a junior accountant.
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Razorguns
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jaybois said:
Word -- To cops, where just graduating H.S is like a big thing to brag about -- having a bachelor's degree is a great way to be singled out immediately.
Kinda like having a B.Sc. and joining the army for a certain board member.
Competition for being a cop is hardcore - remember that. 3,000 apply - 60 graduate.
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Given the financial rewards, I don't see how being a cop or a soldier is a good thing. Sure, there's the prestige of getting shot at to protect your values; but there are better ways to earn money then putting your life in danger. Like leading the unit and putting other people's lives in danger.
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lartinos
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I never looked at cops as be all that smart, well atleast the ones who drive in circles on the street. Some of my friends went on to be cops. Not really good at anything and were the ones in my group of friends we'd occasionally smack around because they talked alot but were pussies. It's a way for them to make up for their toughness and change their wussy perception by all.
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stosstruppe
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EnderJE said:
Not everyone is primarily motivated by money & materialistic acquisition.
I can feel the blank looks from the American capitalists now, lol
Sure, there is duty and honor and all those things. However, my view is that there are people who are willing to take advantage of those things. It's like those on welfare. There are some who truly need it and there are some who are taking advantage of a situation.Stoßtruppe said:Not everyone is primarily motivated by money & materialistic acquisition.
I can feel the blank looks from the American capitalists now, lol
lartinos said:
This is very true. I know a lot of guys who are cops and most of them are good guys, but there are a lot of cops who were the biggest pussies growing up, got thier asses kicked & stuffed in lockers every day, and are trying to make up for it now by being cops. Most of 'em still raging f-ing pussies though
scooter22
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lartinos said:
A stereo type that isn't true... Cops are brave people that put their lives on the line every day... Some of them are assholes just like some people here are assholes.... Some of my friends that became cops, federal agents, were athletes and tough guys... Not wussies.
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lartinos
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EXACTLY!jaybois said:
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lartinos
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Slow down buddy, I'm talking about the people I know who became cops. Someone seconded my point as well with personal testimony. Not all cops are like this, but obviously people go into certain professions for reasons. I.E. priests who like small boys weiners......scooter22 said:
lartinos said:
While this may be true in the case of your "friends", you can't stereotype people like that. I am not a fucking pussy nor have I ever been. Are those guys out there? Hell yes, however the majority of individuals I have met in law enforcement are not like this. The public always focuses on the negative and never stops to thank law enforcement for all the good things they do. And yes there are cops out there that aren't the brightest but the same go's for almost all other career fields. Just having a degree doesn't make you "smart". I don't know what field you are in but I am sure I could point out plenty of scmucks, pussies, know it alls, and self absorbed assholes because every workplace has them.
If you had asked me 5-6 years ago If I would ever go into law enforcement I am sure I would have piped up with some smart ass remark about pigs or highway Nazis. I went to college for Electrical Engineering and afterwards found out that I wanted to do something that actually counted for something in the long run, something I enjoyed even if the money wasn't going to be the best. Life should not be all about pleasing yourself.
Yes, there are days when I wonder if I shouldn't change fields for the money, I'll never make six figures as a cop even though me and thousands of others put our lives on the line every day. The sad thing is that a large majority of criminals show a greater respect for law enforcement than your everyday Joe on the street. They know that we are simply doing our jobs by enforcing the laws, they know we don't make them.
Someone else mentioned Cops only hanging out with cops. You got this spot on, but you may have made the wrong assumptions. It's not because x individual thinks he or she is better then you its simply that Cops can relate to what other Cops go through better. Does your job entail going hands on with fucking sasquatch [sp], talking some guy away from the shotgun he has held to his wifes head, investigating cases of fathers molesting their own children, telling a mother and father that there only child just had his brains scattered across twenty feet of highway. Why do you think cops have the highest rate of suicide than in any other field? The highest rate of divorce at over 60%? Because we go through shit that nobody else sees or wants to deal with, a lot of things "normal" people will never understand so when we need to unload, get off the freaking emotional roller coaster that is our job, we talk to other Cops.
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milo hobgoblin
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LMFAO..
this doesnt surprise me in the least
this doesnt surprise me in the least
Cops are hypocrites for enforcing laws they didnt help to make.
If drugs were legal, being a cop would be honorable. Until then, its bullshit.
Once drugs are legal, cops can focus on real criminals. Killers, rapists, etc.
Even the occasional "cool" cop (2-3%) that makes it thru academy ends up being a dick.
Why? Because when they havent written any tickets at the end of their first month, the sargent or captain or whatever chews them out.
They're forced to become the very thing they said they'd never be, or lose their job.
So they start writing tickets and being a dick. Then they see some sick shit.
It changes their perception of the world and they end up being the type of person that wont even shake hands.
They dont get into it for the good pay.
They dont get into it for the good hours.
Most dont get into it to help society or "clean up the streets".
Why do most become cops then?
Power trippin
To exert a small amount of power over other citizens.
To feel important or powerful or for a chance to beat people up.
If they were smarter, they'd be lawyers or prosecutors.
If drugs were legal, being a cop would be honorable. Until then, its bullshit.
Once drugs are legal, cops can focus on real criminals. Killers, rapists, etc.
Even the occasional "cool" cop (2-3%) that makes it thru academy ends up being a dick.
Why? Because when they havent written any tickets at the end of their first month, the sargent or captain or whatever chews them out.
They're forced to become the very thing they said they'd never be, or lose their job.
So they start writing tickets and being a dick. Then they see some sick shit.
It changes their perception of the world and they end up being the type of person that wont even shake hands.
They dont get into it for the good pay.
They dont get into it for the good hours.
Most dont get into it to help society or "clean up the streets".
Why do most become cops then?
Power trippin
To exert a small amount of power over other citizens.
To feel important or powerful or for a chance to beat people up.
If they were smarter, they'd be lawyers or prosecutors.
Cardinal Slin
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I would never understand wanting to be a police officer. You live your working life not knowing when someone will pull a gun or knife on you when you are not looking and during your working life, your family are worried every day if you will walk through that front door.
