My perception of LE Reality
Being in LE has been disenchanting; full of illusions but good money. You guys would shit at the amount of money being wasted on police resources. The politicians scare you into a siege mentality that the community is under attack by the Mongol horde. Nothing cold be farther from the truth.
In reality, the community is under attack by the city machine; sucking up tax money, tricking residents into voting for new police measures, hire more police, upgrade the radio system, upgrade the 911 system. It's the biggest joke. All that money goes into a gross lot fund. The chief of police and his cronies use "cost codes" to show where the money should be going. For example; $1 million should be used for buying new radios, MDTs, and communication equipment. These guys can buy other crap like "overtime for patrolling the Emmy Awards", purchasing new MP-5 SMGs for SWAT "D" platoon, "overtime for lazy civilian secretaries to process crime reports". The cost codes hide where the money is really going.
Always vote "No" on these crappy measures. Trust me. We men/women in LE are paid very, very well. That's why half of us live in Santa Clarita, Irvine, Anaheim Hills and drive SUVs and high end pick up trucks. Don't believe me? Go to any LAPD division about 1 hour before a shift change and watch all the cops coming to work in their rides. For the little work we do. We get paid well.
City waste? Look at the hundreds of thousands of dollars being wasted on enforcing prostitution. Yeah, 647b can be a problem if it gets out of hand when guys are throwing used condoms out onto someone's yard or humping a hooker in a guy's driveway. But there are scary criminals fucking up the community---the real Mongol horde. These are street thugs, gang members extorting store owners, gang members controlling a street, bank robbery crews, car thieves. These criminals are harder to nab than some marginally DUI driver, jaywalker, prostitute or poor-horny john. So the cops always go for the easier prey and then distort the statistics that they are chiseling away at crime. Such shit. That's why I am rebelling in my own lurid pleasurable way.
I need some popcorn, this is getting interesting! Who else is a cop here?
[QUOTE=Luvdahos] The bottom line is don't admit to anything. [/QUOTE]
Very true, this got me out of a DUI before.
[QUOTE=Luvdahos] I see so many people get pulled over by LAPD and they cops ask if they can search the vehicle and the drivers says yes. I us e to love this game because I had no PC to do this but if the driver gives you permission than anything is game with what you find. [/QUOTE]
Isn't it true they will just bring the K9 unit over? I was in this predicament once and I didn't feel like haveing my time wasted further by waiting on a K9 unit, plus I had nothing in my car to hide. I got a kick out of watching the cop search my entire car in vain, then letting me go.