The official "Ask a cop/deputy anything!" thread

[Littlebear]

Originally Posted by Fly320s

.... Who is the rum guy? I'm like him, but I have better taste in booze.

The rum guy is Murf#2!
(Murf993)

Murf

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by Fly320s

So, coppers, who's rights did you violate today?

I keed, I keed!


Not sure I've seen this question yet. If you weren't a cop, what job would you like to have?

I would probably be in I.T. or architecture, which is where I was heading prior to becoming a cop.

[Fly320s]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

I would probably be in I.T. or architecture, which is where I was heading prior to becoming a cop.

Not flying? Or professional racer?

[F30lolz]

So from time to time I’ll watch Live PD and other cop shows and at times during a chase, the perp(s) drive to their house and flee. Please help me understand this. Are they going home thinking because they’re home, it’s going to be ok or do they think that the vehicle won’t be impounded?

Have you encountered a chase when they actually pulled up in their driveway?

[Fly320s]

Originally Posted by F30lolz

So from time to time I’ll watch Live PD and other cop shows and at times during a chase, the perp(s) drive to their house and flee. Please help me understand this. Are they going home thinking because they’re home, it’s going to be ok or do they think that the vehicle won’t be impounded?

Standard animalistic response. We run to our safe spaces. We run home.

I'm sure the psycho-babblists have a technical term, but I don't know it. Humans are creatures of habit. We are predictable. When scared, we run to where we feel safe, just like wild animals.

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by Fly320s

Not flying? Or professional racer?

I get anxiety in the air despite loving to travel. Airplanes make me nervous. It's a control thing I suppose.

As for racing....

.....back when I first decided to set my sights on a career in law enforcement, I hadn't yet dove down the rabbit hole that is motorcycle racing. I started riding/tracking/racing in my early 30's, so I was well beyond the prime professional racing age. Unfortunately here in the states, motorcycle culture isn't the same as Europe. I wish we had a similar conduit for racing here, but alas....'tis America.

Originally Posted by F30lolz

So from time to time I'll watch Live PD and other cop shows and at times during a chase, the perp(s) drive to their house and flee. Please help me understand this. Are they going home thinking because they're home, it's going to be ok or do they think that the vehicle won't be impounded?

Have you encountered a chase when they actually pulled up in their driveway?

Part of it is what Fly320s mentioned below and part of it is having home court advantage. In their residence, they have the tactical upper hand.

Originally Posted by Fly320s

Standard animalistic response. We run to our safe spaces. We run home.

I'm sure the psycho-babblists have a technical term, but I don't know it. Humans are creatures of habit. We are predictable. When scared, we run to where we feel safe, just like wild animals.

This!

[jamesinaz]

Originally Posted by Littlebear

Excuses, excuses, excuses!
And another empty post attacking the messenger....
So predictable!

Meh. Believe what you want. I tried honest discussion but you refuse to engage honestly. You do not respond to data. You cherry pick information that has no correlation to causation. Whatever. I lose no sleep over it.

[UncleWede]

DESPITE what the legal book says, even after 4 Kentucky Blood drinks I'm convinced I'm a much better driver than my wife. She didn't see the guy on the bike (with reflective vest) nor the guy/horse coming towards us in the home stretch. And STILL it's against the law for me to drive?

Might be the Buffalo Trace talking, right Murf??

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by jamesinaz

Meh. Believe what you want. I tried honest discussion but you refuse to engage honestly. You do not respond to data. You cherry pick information that has no correlation to causation. Whatever. I lose no sleep over it.

I think we've all tried that with him. It just becomes a fruitless endeavor.

[Littlebear]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

I think we've all tried that with him. It just becomes a fruitless endeavor.

I't no mystery why.
It all has to do with skill, knowledge, & experience.
You lose again.

[Murf993]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

DESPITE what the legal book says, even after 4 Kentucky Blood drinks I'm convinced I'm a much better driver than my wife. She didn't see the guy on the bike (with reflective vest) nor the guy/horse coming towards us in the home stretch. And STILL it's against the law for me to drive?

Might be the Buffalo Trace talking, right Murf??

I do love me some Buffalo Trace.....

[Murf993]

Originally Posted by Fly320s

There may be a bit of Vieux Carre cocktail in my system. Who is the rum guy? I'm like him, but I have better taste in booze.

The rum is my DD....Daily Drinker. I do have expensive taste but now that I'm on a fixed income I save the good stuff for the weekend.

[Murf993]

Originally Posted by F30lolz

So from time to time I’ll watch Live PD and other cop shows and at times during a chase, the perp(s) drive to their house and flee. Please help me understand this. Are they going home thinking because they’re home, it’s going to be ok or do they think that the vehicle won’t be impounded?

Have you encountered a chase when they actually pulled up in their driveway?

Yup, a couple of them. I had a guy many years ago on New Years Eve, he tuned up his wife, tossed her out of the car while it was moving and drove straight to his house with us right on his ass. About 5 miles from where he dumped her (she wasn't hurt badly) he bailed out on the front lawn and then argued with us that we couldn't arrest him because he was on his property....might have been the booze talking. Anyway, he resisted and lost. A very long list of charges.....

[Murf993]

Originally Posted by Fly320s

So, coppers, who's rights did you violate today?

I keed, I keed!


Not sure I've seen this question yet. If you weren't a cop, what job would you like to have?

I was in the Commercial Diving industry before I joined the job. Probably would've stayed there as I quite liked it. It was actually an OPP (Ontario Provincial Police) friend who I meet when I was working in norther Ontario who convinced me to join the job.

Now if I'd answered this question last night, I might have said Bikini Wax technician to the stars, but that would've been the rum talking.

[Lady Jane]

Originally Posted by Murf993

Now if I'd answered this question last night, I might have said Bikini Wax technician to the stars, but that would've been the rum talking.

I think you're still tipsy...He he he.

[paquet]

Originally Posted by Murf993

I do love me some Buffalo Trace.....

I'll have to try that - when it comes to bourbon, Basil Hayden is my go-to for everything

[Lady Jane]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

I think we've all tried that with him. It just becomes a fruitless endeavor.

Always trying to get the last word in is a pathological trait of egomaniacs and certainly Internet Trolls.
https://www.learning-mind.com/having...mportant-deal/

Best way to deal with them is to ignore them. ( Ignore function) At the end of the day, they end-up mumbling to themselves when their toxic vitriol goes unanswered.

[Murf993]

Originally Posted by packet

I'll have to try that - when it comes to bourbon, Basil Hayden is my go-to for everything

An excellent choice. There are many bourbons that are excellent though. I'm a fan of Woodford Reserve, Jim Beam Distillers Masterpiece (a bit expensive), Redemption, Bullett to name a few. Bottom shelf is my Bourbon.

[jamesinaz]

Originally Posted by Murf993

Yup, a couple of them. I had a guy many years ago on New Years Eve, he tuned up his wife, tossed her out of the car while it was moving and drove straight to his house with us right on his ass. About 5 miles from where he dumped her (she wasn't hurt badly) he bailed out on the front lawn and then argued with us that we couldn't arrest him because he was on his property....might have been the booze talking. Anyway, he resisted and lost. A very long list of charges.....

I love that. Like it's a race and your authority ends if they cross some imaginary line.

[Littlebear]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

Always trying to get the last word in is a pathological trait of egomaniacs and certainly Internet Trolls.
https://www.learning-mind.com/having...mportant-deal/

Best way to deal with them is to ignore them. ( Ignore function) At the end of the day, they end-up mumbling to themselves when their toxic vitriol goes unanswered.

That's all good & cute, but does it explain why others instigate the toxic vitriol?
It ain't me, girl! You all go six to one on me!

PS: I was going to look up the psychology of groups that don't tolerate divergent viewpoints, but....
And I really don't mind if you ignore my posts; I ignore most of yours.
Oh yeah, at the end of the day I will probably be listening to music on the tube system, sipping an IPA, and not alone (mumbling to myself)!

[Frostynorth]

Originally Posted by Murf993

An excellent choice. There are many bourbons that are excellent though. I'm a fan of Woodford Reserve, Jim Beam Distillers Masterpiece (a bit expensive), Redemption, Bullett to name a few. Bottom shelf is my Bourbon.

Nice setup, some tasty things there.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Murf993

An excellent choice. There are many bourbons that are excellent though. I'm a fan of Woodford Reserve, Jim Beam Distillers Masterpiece (a bit expensive), Redemption, Bullett to name a few. Bottom shelf is my Bourbon.

Quite a nice selection.