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Taking into account the recent interest in the "old school" I thought a topic about some of those "old school" ways of doing things might be entertaining, and educational to some of the younger members.
I would ask that anyone that posts have at least 20 years on the Job, and/or be retired from a local, State, or Federal LE agency. Only first hand info, no "somebody told me..." or "I heard..."
I'll go first.
When I first started, our department was going through a great number of old school founders retiring. The guy that was just senior to me had 13 years on. I was assigned to the barracks, and reported on a Monday with another boot. (We called our rookies "boots") We arrived and received our first educational experience. Apparently, "boots" were not permitted to enter the squad room, and had to stand in the hallway outside during roll call unless invited in. That is the way it was, and we respected the wishes of the old timers in not wanting to be disturbed. They had it real good...
I was assigned to a midnight patrol within the first month, and we always ride two to a car during midnighters. I had to ride with one of the oldest old timers, a really good guy. We hit the interstate and set up to run Radar. We had the old Falcons, window mount. We stopped a few cars, and he advised we would alternate between contacts. First guy he stops is from NJ, and has the mandatory PBA card he tries to shove in the old officer's face. He makes some statement about his (insert relative here) being (insert officer rank here and City in NJ PD here), and then proceeds to tell us his relative would be very upset with us if he were to get a ticket... Yeah, you can imagine how that conversation went.
So, we go back to the cruiser, and he begins to write the ticket. He has a pretty large smile on his face at this point. He then pulls out a sheet of stickers he has in his pinch pad. They are white paper stickers with a stamp on them in large red capitol letters. Each sticker reads A**HOLE without the asterisks... He walks up to the car and does the old trunk check, slapping the sticker in place squarely on the rear trunk area. He issues the ticket, and we go back to the car.
He says "Boy... That's how we identify people like this to anyone down the road that stops him. They will see that sticker, and know that he was stopped and that he has an attitude problem, and he will be treated accordingly by the next officer."
That's "Old school".
I would ask that anyone that posts have at least 20 years on the Job, and/or be retired from a local, State, or Federal LE agency. Only first hand info, no "somebody told me..." or "I heard..."
I'll go first.
When I first started, our department was going through a great number of old school founders retiring. The guy that was just senior to me had 13 years on. I was assigned to the barracks, and reported on a Monday with another boot. (We called our rookies "boots") We arrived and received our first educational experience. Apparently, "boots" were not permitted to enter the squad room, and had to stand in the hallway outside during roll call unless invited in. That is the way it was, and we respected the wishes of the old timers in not wanting to be disturbed. They had it real good...
I was assigned to a midnight patrol within the first month, and we always ride two to a car during midnighters. I had to ride with one of the oldest old timers, a really good guy. We hit the interstate and set up to run Radar. We had the old Falcons, window mount. We stopped a few cars, and he advised we would alternate between contacts. First guy he stops is from NJ, and has the mandatory PBA card he tries to shove in the old officer's face. He makes some statement about his (insert relative here) being (insert officer rank here and City in NJ PD here), and then proceeds to tell us his relative would be very upset with us if he were to get a ticket... Yeah, you can imagine how that conversation went.
So, we go back to the cruiser, and he begins to write the ticket. He has a pretty large smile on his face at this point. He then pulls out a sheet of stickers he has in his pinch pad. They are white paper stickers with a stamp on them in large red capitol letters. Each sticker reads A**HOLE without the asterisks... He walks up to the car and does the old trunk check, slapping the sticker in place squarely on the rear trunk area. He issues the ticket, and we go back to the car.
He says "Boy... That's how we identify people like this to anyone down the road that stops him. They will see that sticker, and know that he was stopped and that he has an attitude problem, and he will be treated accordingly by the next officer."
That's "Old school".
the number of corners lopped equal the degree of "rectal aperture"ness they were.Four corners lopped? Good chance you would spend the night in the graybar motel.
),and if someone did notice it,they wouldn't equate it with the meaning,and certainly wouldnt fight the lines at DMV to get another one.Also,we used to be able to take a drivers license in lieu of bail money,so you would stapl the license to the cite,# of staple holes was just about as good as a computer "priors" check.
....but, I hear that "deer in road brake checks" work really well when a dirtbag is 10-15 in the crown vic cage and being a real turd on the way to central for booking. I've heard that even the seatbelt doesnt help much with the hands behind the back and the plexiglass cage barrier oh so close to the face.....OUCH!! Sounds painful doesn't it? Again...I've NEVER tried it and would NEVER think of doing such a thing. Even our jail deputies know it as a "deer brake check". 
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