Why do people dislike the police? Here’s why.
For years I’ve tried to convince my husband to be fair in his estimation of the police, after all, it’s their jobs to serve and protect and I personally had never had a negative experience with them. But time and time again I hear stories that show me how little respect officers have for the public and that’s just the surface. My husband just spent 15 minutes helping direct traffic on Rt. 13 away from an accident that happened near our home. In doing so he was spit on and honked at by passersby. But my husband is one to help any time there is a need, stranger or friend, and he knew another accident would ensue if someone wasn’t moving traffic away from the scene. Twenty minutes after the accident a city policeman arrived. Did the officer thank my husband? Did he speak to him with courtesy. The opposite. He barked at him and gave him orders to leave the scene. When good people like my husband are willing to help in a crisis and the police treat people them like dirt, I’m done defending the police. Maybe there are a few good ones out there, I do know of a few, but I am finally seeing that most of them are on a power trip. Public relations should be part of their training.
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No good ones at the City. And maybe your husband should stay out of the street. He’s not trained to direct traffic. You’re lucky he didn’t cause another accident. The police are busy, you know, responding to every petty thing that people feel they need to call the police for these days. My neighbor is mean, my won’t won’t stop arguing with me, the dog next door is barking, etc. Thats why it takes 20 min to get to a property damage accident. Buckle up, it’s only gonna get worse. Wait till the cops start getting sick. Nobody will be responding.
You are wrong..the vast majority of police are good..it's a very dangerous job.. and when they get to work, their goal is to make it home alive to their families at the end of their shift.. Yes, there are some that as you put it, are on a "power trip", just as there are some in EVERY profession that are a-holes. Spend a day with an officer- do a ride along and experience ( to a small degree) what they do every day... they don't know you, but are willing to risk their lives for a total stranger, even ones that disrespect them...you won't defend them anymore, but you sure as heck expect them to come help you when you dial 911.
It would be interesting to know what personality type is attracted to and often in this line of work.
It seems to have gotten worse in the last 20 years with veterans of recent conflicts assuming these roles with undiagnosed PTSD's and other underlying issues.
You got SPIT ON? please tell WE THE PEOPLE your self QUARANTINE?
It’s the ones who act like idiots that give all police a bad name... Raise the standards for becoming a police officer
Hard to believe your directing traffic and bring home the virus to your wife. She isn’t smart enough to realize you got spit on instead is complaining because a cop took control of chaos that you caused. Good job 👏🏻
Dialing 911 is a waste of time. You will be dead before you see an officer. Load your rifle and use it.
My son has been saying for years, if a cop shows up, he's not there to serve and protect. Used to be the case, but now, it seems that the majority are just trying to catch you doing something for their monthly quota.
No good deed goes unpunished.
Not helping anyone I don’t know anymore!
Interesting comments. Again, the purpose of my story is this, a police officer is a professional. My husband and I also work in fields that require professionalism and knowing how to deescalate a situation and not escalate it is primary. My husband merely wanted to speak briefly to the officer and leave the scene, as frankly it wasn’t his job and he simply wanted to know if the officer needed anything else from him, Good citizens are still out there and my husbsnd’s one of them. Frankly, with everything happening in the world today, the world’s going to need more of him. So for an officer to be rude is just plain unacceptable. It was a traffic accident, not a shooting. If police officers are so worried about getting home alive and display such hostility to the public in something as mundane as a traffic accident, how can we expect them to respond when it’s something far more serious.
Walk a mile in their shoes then judge them.
LOL. He came home and showered immediately. Just shows how some people can be so angry and uncivilized. Thankfully, most people driving by waved at him in appreciation. And yes, we are definitely following self quarantine protocol. I hope you are too. It’s the only way we’ll get through this health crisis.
If the stars line up this jerk will get run over and killed just what he deserves.
how many times do I have to tell you fools. The police aren't here to protect you. They are here to protect the government from you. and if this quarantine goes into effect you'll find out real quick that is the truth! but remember it's for the good of society. your freedom be damned!
Pandemic
Civilian decides to direct traffic without anyone telling him to and without any information or contact with le.
Gets spit on
Take virus home
Wife has exposed and family
Complains cop raises his voice during a multiple injury car accident to STOP LEAVE YOUR MAKING IT WORSE.
moron wants to complain online
Trump finds out quarantines America
People are morons.
Just maybe that officer had already had a bad day. We expect these men and women of law enforcement to show up smiling and happy. Well guess what they are human and just like the rest of us they are entitled to a bad day. Officers respond to all types of call. They may have just left an unattended death or suicide. The rape of a young child. Yet you want him to show up and give your husband the Medal Of Valor for directing traffic. What the hell mam with all due respect that officer did not cause that accident nor did he call upon your husband to stand in for the police until they could arrive. Maybe that officer should have been thanked by your husband.
Was this a Salisbury City police officer?
Northwest Woodsman: 8:43, the problem is that police departments have been required to lower their standards, both physical and intelligence wise to allow increased minority representation. When I originally qualified for the academy, I tested with 1700 others and came out very high on the acceptance list. I was unable to attend because the army would not release me early enough to make the class date. Two years later, I decided to apply again and tested with 3500 other prospects. I qualified again with an even higher score than the first time and I was shocked at how much the whole process was dummed down. The physical requirements were allocated according to sex and age, with those for females being exceptionally low. The intellectual requirements were reduced in every category to favor minorities, so the quality of accepted candidates was much lower than earlier years. This happened in police and fire departments across the country and is the main reason there are so many officers like the one you’re husband encountered. I had to work with numerous ones like that and eventually transferred to an investigative position that was more autonomous and I didn’t have to deal with buttheads like you mentioned.
Police are trained to be in control and to take command of a situation. They are the "police" and civilians are the enemy. It comes from the militarization of our police by the government. Police used to be considered members of the community. Now they are a para-military organization that views the community as enemy. A direct result of the leftists trying to take over the country. I have no answers, just observations.
March 21, 2020 at 8:09 AM:
You contradict yourself in your comment, whether you know it or not. You first claim "their goal is to make it home alive to their families at the end of their shift.", and then follow with "but are willing to risk their lives for a total stranger". Which is it? Are they just trying to make a paycheck and defend themselves from harm during their shift so they can go home, or, risk their lives to protect total strangers. They are mutually exclusive goals. Your idolization of cops is apparent, and I believe you must know one personally (as I know many). They are not heroes just because they are cops. Get off of that notion. But some do heroic things, like all of us are capable of doing.
As cops have been militarized to view the public as the "enemy," the public is becoming to view the police as our enemy. What goes around, comes around. The police create their own image to the public. The post just proves it.
Stopping and trying to direct traffic with absolutely no authority to do so, was irresponsible and uncalled for. It was not necessary. He was treated rudely because he was interfering where he had no business interfering. The husband is the one on a power trip. And the wife is on one too, by criticizing the officer for taking command of the situation that the husband interfered in. Some people are so busy looking in the mirror at themselves, they can't see the world around them.
March 21, 2020 at 10:55 AM:
What difference does it make? Is your Jake hate just dying to get in the comments?
What is wrong with you? Isn’t the right thing to do to help people? A non-English speaking woman and an elderly man are in an accident. The accident is in a very precarious location. At the bottom of an overpass. These people didn’t know what to do. They sat in their cars. Very dangerous. My husband stepped in. Good people do that. I guarantee you that had my husband been given the chance to thank the officer, he would have absolutely done so! That’s a given. And yes, we all have bad days. I teach in a high school. Not every day is a peach. But I smile and treat my students and their parent, even the difficult ones, with respect and kindness. What’s wrong with wanting public servants to treat the community they serve with kindness. Even if it’s an act, and trust me, there are days I go to work and I have to perform because it’s not a good day, but I do it just the same. My husband wanted nothing from this officer. Certainly not a pat on the back. Nothing. Just to excuse himself from the scene. So don’t think you know the situation. What do you do to help people in your community? If you see someone with a flat tire, do you pull over to help or see if there’s anything they need? If your neighbor doesn’t have groceries, do you buy for them? Probably not. What happened to people working together for the good of all? Be kind to your neighbor. All of that. We are in difficult times. I simply don’t want to have to defend the actions of police officers to my husband who sees and reads a lot more than I do on this topic. Civility. It’s a two-way street.
I would like to share a positive comment about the local State Police who work in Salisbury. One evening my car died because I left the car lights on (😂 actually my friend left her card lights on) - no matter - a State police officer o his way to work in OC stopped for coffee where we were located. He used his car engine to start my friends car 😂 and gave us instructions on how to keep it running. He was very nice, polite and concerned about us being stranded on a Salisbury street late evening. Hats off to police. I think some of your problems with "cops" is your attitude towards them in the beginning. Work on that bad attitude for awhile.
8:05 Nobody needs to be trained to direct traffic away from an accident, common sense is all that is required. Something you are lacking.
8:09 - Their goal should be to protect and serve .... not just make it home at the end of the shift.
PHD to direct traffic huh.
I won't be calling 911 for police protection 809
Yes the person above says they spend all day - neighbor is mean, my wife won’t stop arguing with me, the dog next door is barking, etc...
So which is it?
In large cities of 10 million people yes its as dangerous as working at 7-11 in da bury at 3am. BUT in small cities cops jobs are BS they direct traffic and radar people all day. Call it what it is the fire and ems have a more dangerous job then small town cops like the ones here.
Cop show up for documentation purposes only, statistics is big business in this country now.
Does that mile include free car, gas, insurance, McDonald's, DD, 7-11, wawa, pass to do anything? Show me the mile and ill walk it blind folded.
No one mentioned the virus 846, read the original shared post again.
1143 I agreed with all you stated
@ 1:57. Of course they protect and serve.. they want to get home just like you do...I would guess you don't put your life on the line everyday
Me too 204, not to mention the code they have amongst themselves
Virus was not mentioned originally, a reader just decided to add that for dramatization.
He was trained and authorized traffic control, someone taking initiative and keeping order until the police show up is a good thing. We need more good citizens and less Aholes like you
Cops have to deal with dirt bags every day so they get a little jaded kind of like being a bouncer at a bar every drunk idiot has something smart to say
Why can’t every officer be as professional, kind and helpful as Krah Plunkert? The world would be a better place.
The only good interaction with police is no interaction with police.
Unless you always run the video camera. ;)
I bet you’re an attractive female and of course, Johnny Law is going to treat you differently as maybe he’ll get your number. Guess how he treats the average black male?
DIRECTING TRAFFIC IN TIME OF NEED IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE
@257, So do cashiers at gas stations and a variety of other jobs. Do you want a cookie anbd a pat on the head? Maybe if the public were giv en the chance to recognize heroics instead of being told by the "heroes" how heroic they are they'd take it more seriously.
Correct!
Thank you
I also helped the people in this accident. The car involved had 3 children and their mother. I first checked on the children, the mom and the elderly man, who were involved. Helping people in time of need is the thing to do. I agree the other man that was helping, did the right thing. If the traffic was not directed coming down the hill, there would have been a tragic situation. As for the officer, he had an attitude as soon as he got there. It doesn't matter if he was having a bad day, WE ALL HAVE THOSE. He was very disrespectful. His
social skills will not stop me from helping people. As to the man that was out there helping to prevent further problems, I THANK YOU and I know that you too will continue to help people.
Hahaha, my mission was accomplished.
257 you would be guessing right, and I have no intention of putting my life on the line every day for people that think they are entitled and special like you.
1:52 Why did you start your comment with "I left my car lights on" and then immediately change it to "actually my friend left her car lights on" ? SMH
Dead nuts right!
848 smh, you use particular details to support the lie. It is most common with criminals. I find it weird you blog about your own post. Sad maybe ? Get well thank you.
He was yelled at, spit upon, and had somebody act rude to you. Welcome to 5 minutes of police work.
March 22, 2020 at 4:17 PM:
Hahahaha, and the hits just keep on coming. Love it. Do you think your comment offends me. My, my, aren't you naive.
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