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Hey everyone! I'm a civi and I just have a question for all you officers. I live right by a police station. Mostly, I'm glad it's there as my area here in NY is chock full of alleys and unlighted areas. I'm sure that if it weren't for the precinct being right there crime would be way up. However, a girl can find it pretty uncomfortable walking by the station. Yeah, I know they are mostly guys and it's natural for them to look or whatever... but these guys- GAWK.. Their eyes seem to almost pop out of their heads as if they've never seen the female version of the human race before! It can get pretty intimidating when half the block (the station is on the corner but the officers and their cars take up about 1/2 the block) is staring at you. Anyhow, it's now starting to get worse because when some of us girls walk by to get to the train, sometimes police cars come up along side and really SLOOOWWW down and then make lude comments. As a woman I'm used to this behavior from teenagers, but to witness it in grown men and those in uniform at that makes them seem pretty pathetic. A lot of the girls in the neighborhood won't pass by the station anymore and will go around the long way to get to the train station.
Here's my point- The majority of the guys seem nice even though they act like they haven't gotten laid in years. Staring makes you feel like you're a hotdog walking down the street- but a girl learns to deal with that pretty soon after the age of 11 anyway. However the guys who follow us around in their cars at night just to stare and make comments for as long as an entire block really make the hairs in the backs of our necks stand up. Should I assume that things will escalate? Or is this common behavior among officers and I'm over-reacting? All I know is, it's fu**ing scary to be minding your own business walking down the street at night and having uniformed men follow you in their cars... especially in this darkened & desolate neighborhood. Should I start taking the long way to the train station too? I like being able to go straight there.
Hey everyone! I'm a civi and I just have a question for all you officers. I live right by a police station. Mostly, I'm glad it's there as my area here in NY is chock full of alleys and unlighted areas. I'm sure that if it weren't for the precinct being right there crime would be way up. However, a girl can find it pretty uncomfortable walking by the station. Yeah, I know they are mostly guys and it's natural for them to look or whatever... but these guys- GAWK.. Their eyes seem to almost pop out of their heads as if they've never seen the female version of the human race before! It can get pretty intimidating when half the block (the station is on the corner but the officers and their cars take up about 1/2 the block) is staring at you. Anyhow, it's now starting to get worse because when some of us girls walk by to get to the train, sometimes police cars come up along side and really SLOOOWWW down and then make lude comments. As a woman I'm used to this behavior from teenagers, but to witness it in grown men and those in uniform at that makes them seem pretty pathetic. A lot of the girls in the neighborhood won't pass by the station anymore and will go around the long way to get to the train station.
Here's my point- The majority of the guys seem nice even though they act like they haven't gotten laid in years. Staring makes you feel like you're a hotdog walking down the street- but a girl learns to deal with that pretty soon after the age of 11 anyway. However the guys who follow us around in their cars at night just to stare and make comments for as long as an entire block really make the hairs in the backs of our necks stand up. Should I assume that things will escalate? Or is this common behavior among officers and I'm over-reacting? All I know is, it's fu**ing scary to be minding your own business walking down the street at night and having uniformed men follow you in their cars... especially in this darkened & desolate neighborhood. Should I start taking the long way to the train station too? I like being able to go straight there.
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