I was up in the Seattle area a few weeks ago and decided to check out their agency. I was curious and thought about lateraling up there. Wow what a shocker. The officer I rode with was disciplined for escorting a jaywalker to the street he going to cite. The woman was saw distraught they thought it should be put in his jacket, are kidding me? They have to keep a microphone on for any citizen contacts and subject to discipline if its not on. They are not allowed to conduct pre text stops and the guy I rode with made alot of crack arrests. He received a letter from the County Attorney telling him that they were downgrading all of them to misdemeanors, when their is no misdemenaor for crack possession. It was a polite way of telling him not to make any more crack arrests. To top the night off a Hoover Park Crips gang member gave us the middle finger. We ended up contacting him, but I couldnt believe the gall of the punk. I have been a cop for sixteen years, seven of it here in Arizona and if that was in AZ, the gang member would have been face down with his teeth in the dirt and my foot up his ***. I was repeatedly told by everyone on the shift that the city does not support their officers and has a civillian review board with a member of the NAACP on it the loves to hammer cops. They told me this board just got more power a few years ago. The cop I rode with told me Pierce County and Tacoma are better and have alot of ex Seattle laterals there. Most of the cops I met were great and very professional, but just demoralized.
Good bless you guys up there, dont know how you can deal with that enviorment. Think I will stay in the desert.
Good bless you guys up there, dont know how you can deal with that enviorment. Think I will stay in the desert.
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