tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post8092515093573896241..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Second verse, same as the first!Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-13339669216554634292012-06-29T09:47:46.520-04:002012-06-29T09:47:46.520-04:00T he forceT he forceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4949916762683236232012-06-29T09:46:36.170-04:002012-06-29T09:46:36.170-04:00R insing
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Go figure...GrampsOfHouseOfShuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873719493377151395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-71551905649222142812012-06-20T16:32:16.788-04:002012-06-20T16:32:16.788-04:00So...the LT has a drinking problem and we're a...So...the LT has a drinking problem and we're all supposed to think that he can maintain order and influence others to Integrity and Honor?<br /><br />If he has a brain in his head, he'll try for an early retirement and walk away. Sadly, he'll probably listen to the union and fight it. "Only once...tough times in the dept..."<br /><br />As for the "caffeine free" dept - yeah, great TX DPS experience there. Even better when you're on the green dot diet. Gah...<br /><br />Look, if you are going to remove from a citizen their freedom for whatever crime - you, yourself, may NOT ever commit that same crime! Period. Thus, no drinky when driving for us. Sad, but true. Beccause it IS about honor and it IS about integrity and it IS about being able to say that you lead by example. Damn it.LauraBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07597941562529910169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29101766428161808252012-06-20T09:21:22.828-04:002012-06-20T09:21:22.828-04:00So prosecute him for DUI, and Hit & Run, and w...So prosecute him for DUI, and Hit & Run, and whatever passes for Official Oppression or Misuse Of Authority there, and fire him, and take away his pension. I'm good with all those things. <br /><br />And I agree that the top-down drunken cop theory probably has some weight, in IMPD. <br /><br />What shall we do? I submit that the day may well arrive when police in some departments are not permitted to drink, period. I know of at least one department where tobacco use is prohibited, and I've friend about to enter an agency in which, during the 4-6 month training period, recruits are not permitted to use caffeine. (Ponder THAT.) So there's some precedent. <br /><br />Please remember that it's not that more cops drive drunk; it's that it's more newsworthy when they do.Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-36123149070211133662012-06-20T00:27:55.516-04:002012-06-20T00:27:55.516-04:00If I were pulled over by a cop, I wouldn't fee...If I were pulled over by a cop, I wouldn't feel so bad about it if I could assume that he was less drunk than I was.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-76882262877693203222012-06-19T23:20:06.924-04:002012-06-19T23:20:06.924-04:00I'm probably biased, being a former Booking Of...I'm probably biased, being a former Booking Officer in a town rather a few hundred miles away from Indy, but I'm left with a question. How do we fix this goatrope?<br /><br />The "I Must Patrol Drunk" problem didn't come outta the clear blue sky. WHY did Indianapolis PD coppers decide it was acceptable to start getting shit-faced before going out in Departmental units and/or on Departmental time whilst unfit for duty? so, since we seem to be stuck with them, how do we put some pride in 'em, so they DON'T do that Patrol Around Drunk thing from the classic Irish copper stereotype? <br /><br />I don't know. The first thing that comes to mind is crashing the Police Academy with instructors who are ruthlessly dedicated to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_Principles#Principles_of_policing" rel="nofollow">Peel's Principles</a>, but that won't be enough - not when the poly-tickians (old joke) are going to corrupt them even faster than the Iron Law of Bureaucracy will...Mike Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11644313489266335793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-58233306933892648652012-06-19T19:23:14.584-04:002012-06-19T19:23:14.584-04:00If they were on 'shrooms they could patrol in ...If they were on 'shrooms they could patrol in the dark without flashlights giving away their position! Localivore!NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-71422184569989752912012-06-19T17:11:35.708-04:002012-06-19T17:11:35.708-04:00Ken O.:
Nothing is as silly as being forced to by...Ken O.:<br /><br />Nothing is as silly as being forced to by a judge to attend an AA meeting.<br /><br />The AA members are very likely to just give him a bottle and a chair in a different room, and go on with their meeting.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-12243611749585967232012-06-19T16:48:55.903-04:002012-06-19T16:48:55.903-04:00Regarding departmental culture; I have been stunne...Regarding departmental culture; I have been stunned to find out that schools, for example, have their own culture, and that it can endure for generations even after all the people involved have been replaced. So no; this isn't going to change unless they were to fire them all en masse, and start over from the ground up. -- LyleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-71043543300724905892012-06-19T14:20:22.868-04:002012-06-19T14:20:22.868-04:00B. Whistling the Michigan State fight song.
"...B. Whistling the Michigan State fight song.<br /><br />"go right through for MSU, watch the point keep growing..."<br /><br />Oh sorry officer, I didn't realize that was a misdemeanor in Indiana. I'll keep to my side of the border.PThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04911931930798209991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-18014618219626942072012-06-19T13:51:10.806-04:002012-06-19T13:51:10.806-04:00Hey, Anon 1:34!
Why don't you start your own ...Hey, Anon 1:34!<br /><br />Why don't you start your own blog to copypasta multiple-paragraph blocks of tangentially-related copyrighted shit into? They're free, you know.<br /><br />Maybe you could do one that grouses about the problems of your hometown PD?Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91233789487017181162012-06-19T13:47:17.928-04:002012-06-19T13:47:17.928-04:00Lesee, we got one deputy busted for dope and anoth...Lesee, we got one deputy busted for dope and another one showed up for work drunk. In the last month.Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05684179171065794525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-78662293922816694922012-06-19T13:42:33.852-04:002012-06-19T13:42:33.852-04:00Tam, here in Texas, they force the offenders to go...Tam, here in Texas, they force the offenders to go to meetings X number of times per Y to get their papers signed. Most screw off playing on their phones, few listen and fewer still "get it".Ken Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09422188798012989045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-54413136868993378332012-06-19T13:34:41.711-04:002012-06-19T13:34:41.711-04:00"Ok, everyone have his assignment? Alright, c..."Ok, everyone have his assignment? Alright, circle up the chairs and let's talk about how we are powerless in the face of alcohol. Kim, what's the third step?"<br /><br />Kim: Immediate surrender?Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72633594663466365052012-06-19T13:34:13.709-04:002012-06-19T13:34:13.709-04:00"I am an especially authorized person."
..."I am an especially authorized person."<br /><br />Could be worse, no one got hurt. Here in Minnesota the Minneapolis Swat team XO just cold cocked a guy in a restaurant for talking too loud on a cell phone. The guy hit his head on the concrete floor. Two brain surgeries and he is still in critical condition. <br /><br />"According to Anoka County Prosecutor Blair Buccione, alcohol was involved in the alleged assault. Buccione said that the offense was "remarkably violent" and that Clifford fled the scene immediately after the alleged assault at Tanner's Station in Andover."<br /><br />"According to the criminal complaint, a surveillance video shows that Vander Lee was sitting on the patio at Tanner's Station with his wife and brother on Saturday evening when Clifford, who was sitting at the next table, confronted him. Vander Lee was on his cellphone when Clifford leaned over and began talking in his ear, said Anoka County Sheriff's Commander Paul Sommer. Witnesses described it as a "verbal confrontation," according to the criminal complaint."<br /><br />"Then Clifford struck Vander Lee in the mouth with his right fist, Sommer said the video showed. Vander Lee fell backward, his head hitting the pavement."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88398801292981448302012-06-19T12:46:08.124-04:002012-06-19T12:46:08.124-04:00[Meanwhile, at IMPD Morning Roll Call]
Sgt. Smith...[Meanwhile, at IMPD Morning Roll Call]<br /><br />Sgt. Smith: "Johnson, check David sector. Have overnights about sneak and peaks on 30th Street, maybe that Burglary ring that the detectives are after.<br /><br />Wilson, you're on traffic detail downtown, stick close to the construction on Market Street.<br /><br />Ok, everyone have his assignment? Alright, circle up the chairs and let's talk about how we are powerless in the face of alcohol. Kim, what's the third step?"<br /><br />Shootin' BuddyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44754616862097722162012-06-19T11:32:42.563-04:002012-06-19T11:32:42.563-04:00What's with all the booze in the Midwest? I g...What's with all the booze in the Midwest? I guess out here it would be (and usually is) cocaine - or in Santa Cruz mushrooms...local produce.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46713145468824680692012-06-19T10:38:40.733-04:002012-06-19T10:38:40.733-04:00perlhaqr,
In this case, you can let your cynicism...perlhaqr,<br /><br />In this case, you can let your cynicism work <i>for</i>, rather than <i>against</i> you.<br /><br />See, without a drunk cop's head hanging on his office wall, Curry should be a pushover if he stands for reelection. And all politicos want to be reelected, right?Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-43380000530368982192012-06-19T10:20:33.237-04:002012-06-19T10:20:33.237-04:00I wouldn't be so certain. Curry's been ser...<i>I wouldn't be so certain. Curry's been seriously pursuing the Bisard case, but that has turned out to be a Quixotic effort since it was (probably irretrievably) tainted during the term of his predecessor, the hopelessly corrupt Carl Brizzi.</i><br /><br />Well, I'll be happy to be proven wrong, but... I'll believe it when I see it. *shrug*<br /><br />Sorry, just wandering around, looking at the world through shit-colored glasses as usual.perlhaqrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920117742664645165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69611488389882989482012-06-19T10:11:28.442-04:002012-06-19T10:11:28.442-04:00I was in court in Indianapolis this morning and I ...I was in court in Indianapolis this morning and I happened upon the IFD talking a man down off a ledge of an office building. It was Mayor Ballard. He seemed slightly upset.<br /><br />Shootin' BuddyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-40214430079740097412012-06-19T09:56:01.949-04:002012-06-19T09:56:01.949-04:00I'm not sure where the line is between "w...I'm not sure where the line is between "we've got a serious problem" and "jebus, this is a friggin' joke", but it seems that the IMPD has charged across it with a couple of armored divisions and taken up strong positions on the other side.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20772690476817187462012-06-19T09:47:27.212-04:002012-06-19T09:47:27.212-04:00Further, Marion County has already lost a police c...<i>Further, Marion County has already lost a police chief and a Public Safety Director over the Bisard scandal.</i><br /><br />Tam,<br /><br />Please refrain from calling the departure of these two slugs a loss. I know you don't miss them or think it's bad they left, but your choice of wording should be clear that the City is far better off without these two than with them.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16207808793722026516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1253465844553072852012-06-19T09:46:28.706-04:002012-06-19T09:46:28.706-04:00Everytime you post one of these example's of m...Everytime you post one of these example's of misconduct I shake my head and wonder what's going on there. Here if your arrested for a DUI or Public Intox your gone. Drug's, theft or felony your gone. Domestic Assault is the confusing one because a judge can squash a first one under the right circumstances. That in and of itself gall's me but other non-LE get the same opputunity as well. It all make's me glad to so much closer to retirement.Sport Pilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04862280966739841769noreply@blogger.com