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Soliloquy, comparing working in an industrial environment to street police
work, wrote; Why don't police just insist of their supervisors that their jobs be made safe? LOL...because it's impossible. 'Safety' is, after all, a relative term...I feel 'safer' solo cave diving deep in a Florida cave than I do in early morning traffic, because there are less variables to contend with, and most all of them I've anticipated and have trained and equipped myself to deal with. Besides, OSHA regulations don't apply to government agencies...including the police. Simply put, you get the best training and equipment you can afford, and do your best. That's about as safe as you can get. I have seen calls go for half an hour before they have someone to dispatch to the scene Again, your convoluted logic escapes me. You wrote that Pittsburgh is suffering budget problems and police force cuts, and still, you expect every call for service to be answered as fast as they come in? It's not going to happen; even here, the day watch inraviably rolls out with anywhere from 10-30 calls backlogged. More calls come in than Officers to handle them, and, with budget constraints and police being terminated due to budget cuts, the situation just gets worse. Of course calls get priority dispatching, but it's not the cops' fault if mebbe 10-50 cops are trying to handle perhaps problems emanating from 35,000 to 500,000 people. It's the system...yet of course, you blame the police. Even calls with violence, such as violent domestics, have had to wait 15 minutes or more before a unit is available. Yes...there's just so much work that can be accomplished in a given time by a given number of people to handle it. In a twist on your issue about calling the police, if I was at home and heard a noise, I get the gun first, and then call the police next. Home invasions are increasingly common here, calling the police will get nothing but someone to write up the report. I think you are being prudent in arming yourself in such a situation. And what of the rural counties where perhaps the nearest law enforcement officer is an hour away? Of course it happens...but do you really think that all of this is due to the fault of the individual officers? Examine the public servants at Columbine that hid outside while students and a teacher bled to death. Those people were following established policies in effect at the time...do you really expect that police agencies have a little book that covers *all* eventualities? Police, they are no better than the rest of us. They have made a career choice, hopefully they honor their choice by working in a dignified way. I'm interested in the context and manner in which you might define 'better', but that is another issue. I, too, hope that all law enforcement officials...indeed, every person...performs their jobs/duties in a dignified manner. By militarizing the police, they are distanced from the citizens that they supposedly "serve". Wow...talk about bouncing off into a tangent! Are you now going to raise the hoary old use of the term "serve and protect"? Incidentally, that is a city's motto, not a universal policy for all police all over the nation. Several cities have adopted the motto, but what it means is that police protect the public by serving the law. Look it up if you disagree. Some time ago, in a story on Waco, it was pointed out why local police should handle such issues, not Federal lackeys. Since the local police have to live with the local populations, their actions will be tempered by their desire not to alienate themselves from their communities. I personally believe that the Waco incident was completely mishandled, and I agree here with your assessment. Few of you seem to find any fault with the police, or in worshipping the police in a manner that people have been taught to worship soldiers. LOL...what is it with you and this constant use of the term 'worship'? I've served in two branches of the U.S. armed forces, and in law enforcement, and if people were worshipping me and my colleagues, I'd sure like to know about it g. By honoring incompetent police, dishonorable police, or police involved in criminal activity, you dishonor those truly deserving "respect". Now, on that, we are on complete and total agreement, sir. Fire the incompetents and prosecute the criminals, by all means. Cheers.... James S. Prine http://hometown.aol.com/jsprine/ |
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Besides, OSHA regulations don't apply to government agencies...including the police.
Really? Where are you? They do apply within the state of California. Even the State of California itself is no longer exempt... |
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Besides, OSHA regulations don't apply to government agencies...including
the police. Really? Where are you? They do apply within the state of California. Even the State of California itself is no longer exempt... I'm currently based in Louisiana, and government agencies here, including police departments, are still exempt from OSHA regulations. Of course Louisiana is the oddball State in any event; it is the only State in the country where the laws are based on the old Napoleonic Code while all the other States use English common law. I understand that the OSHA exemptions might be coming to an end sooner or later, but for the time being...well, there it is. LOL...between the polluted river water, the polluted marshlands and the polluted air, New Orleans itself should be shut down and sealed off g. James S. Prine http://hometown.aol.com/jsprine/ |
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