....I come from a family of cops and this is the short list:
- Dad
- First Cousin
- Best Man in MY Wedding,
- 4 Buddies who attended HS with me.
So while I will give you the nod to the Bus comment being slightly over the edge.
You can give me the nod that I do not speak out of total ignorance to the fact that real police have real lives. I know that of which I speak.
I was a pubic hair from being a cop....I was made offers from DEA, FBI and Chicago PD. But it was my Mom who convinced to not accept the offers and take my future wife and family what she went through. Thankfully my Dad and my Best Man made it too retirement. Unfortunately, my Best Man's Nephew was killed in the line of duty chasing a perp on foot and was killed by being struck by a civilian in an automobile.
And there's the rub! I grew up in Chicago. Not a cushy job for cops. My Dad ALWAYS lamented the waste of resources on what he lcalled "Election Crime," i.e. prostitution, gambling, unlicensed street vendors, etc.. The focus should be on the knuckle headed gang bangers, organized crime, and preventative law enforcement of serious crime vs. reactive. Which could use some of the resources be taken up chasing hookers around the block.
I could go on-and-on with the cop stories from a COPs PERSPECTIVE but hopefully you get the picture. Along with the picture that I'm not speaking from a total non-existent and/or misunderstanding of the cop life. I grew up in it, around it, and almost became it.
Hence, it irks me, personally, to think LE would stoop so low as to pose as a newbie Monger on TER to infiltrate this subculture.
Granted, I should not suggest ill to the offending party. They gotta pay their mortgage too. For that I apologize
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