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I seen someone today that reminded me of something that happened to my daughter a couple years ago.
First I want to say, and many of you already know that I have great respect for LEO's and the job you're doing.
But really??
I know that many of you would never do this, or at least if you do this in your daily routine, it might not hurt to hear how this makes reg citizens feel toward you. And why some people sterotype based on these kinds of experiences.
My daughter is vacationing at the beach, staying with her friend and former high school science teacher. They had a great relationship that remained beyond her high school years. So she would invite her down to spend a week or so in the summers.
She gets a phone call from a detective (she was 18 then and also a CJ Student) the detective has her scared to death, crying, and totally freaking out, because he told her that her car was just in a hit and run accident 6 hours away. She told him no, she is driving her car, and she is 6hrs away not possible. He called her on her cell phone, which was very strange to me. He told her she was lying and if she wasn't at his station in so many hours he would be issuing a warrant for her arrest. This hit her out of the blue, and not being true, and young, it terrified her to think she would get arrested if she didn't go to PD as he instructed, which wasn't possible either.
She again told him there's no way, it would take 6hrs to get there, anyway they hang up and she called me totally freaking out, crying, and I said okay, what is his name and phone number and I will call him and talk with him.
This man is a total jerk, he told me he had parents trying to lie for kids all the time. I was lying to cover for her, and it was utter bs and she better show up. He has an eyewitness that seen her and put her car and tag number on the scene of the hit and run.
It just wasn't possible, so then I was getting very upset, I am not a liar.
I told him she was a college student with limited funds if she came back, her vacation would be blown, because she didn't have enough money to go back. He still insisted we were lying. Me being me, I told my daughter to stay put, go the local police dept show them her license, have them acknowledge her car was infact in their parking lot, and fax a statement to him stating that.
Furious with this detective's conduct basically calling both of us a liar, I called the town mgr and informed them of this. When she got home, we requested a meeting with the chief and town mgr to ask some questions as to why the dect kept insisting we were lying, and how he got her cell phone #.
My daughter worked in asset protection for Tarjay at the time, the guy whose car was in the hit and run said that his girlfriend took the car and it must of been her. There was a phone number in a police report where this guy was involved in something at Tarjay and my daughter was the one who filed the police report, which was her job, and they had her name and cell as a call back in this report.
The detective thought that this was the girlfriend's phone number. He had no evidence other than a name, a phone number in a report, and hearsay.
I dunno, shaking my head ... I know you guys get lied to everyday, but really?? When you know your bluffing ... I mean how do you justify calling everyone you deal with a liar and not give the benefit of the doubt.
I have to say, that was the worst experience I've ever had with an individual insisting I was lying when I wasn't. He would not budge. The Chief and Town Mgr were awesome, answered all our questions, and explained it all. They made him apologize to my daughter, and me but even then he was still a first class jerk, he wasn't sorry a bit.
Don't get me wrong, it didn't change how I feel about the jobs you do and the risk you take in doing them, and the appreciation I have when I need it, but it doesn't change how I feel about this individual either. I just shake my head when I see him, he was wonderful in making you feel awful when in fact all the lying was being done on his end.
I dunno I think when you know your bluffing there's a point of going to far.
First I want to say, and many of you already know that I have great respect for LEO's and the job you're doing.
But really??
I know that many of you would never do this, or at least if you do this in your daily routine, it might not hurt to hear how this makes reg citizens feel toward you. And why some people sterotype based on these kinds of experiences.
My daughter is vacationing at the beach, staying with her friend and former high school science teacher. They had a great relationship that remained beyond her high school years. So she would invite her down to spend a week or so in the summers.
She gets a phone call from a detective (she was 18 then and also a CJ Student) the detective has her scared to death, crying, and totally freaking out, because he told her that her car was just in a hit and run accident 6 hours away. She told him no, she is driving her car, and she is 6hrs away not possible. He called her on her cell phone, which was very strange to me. He told her she was lying and if she wasn't at his station in so many hours he would be issuing a warrant for her arrest. This hit her out of the blue, and not being true, and young, it terrified her to think she would get arrested if she didn't go to PD as he instructed, which wasn't possible either.
She again told him there's no way, it would take 6hrs to get there, anyway they hang up and she called me totally freaking out, crying, and I said okay, what is his name and phone number and I will call him and talk with him.
This man is a total jerk, he told me he had parents trying to lie for kids all the time. I was lying to cover for her, and it was utter bs and she better show up. He has an eyewitness that seen her and put her car and tag number on the scene of the hit and run.
It just wasn't possible, so then I was getting very upset, I am not a liar.
I told him she was a college student with limited funds if she came back, her vacation would be blown, because she didn't have enough money to go back. He still insisted we were lying. Me being me, I told my daughter to stay put, go the local police dept show them her license, have them acknowledge her car was infact in their parking lot, and fax a statement to him stating that.
Furious with this detective's conduct basically calling both of us a liar, I called the town mgr and informed them of this. When she got home, we requested a meeting with the chief and town mgr to ask some questions as to why the dect kept insisting we were lying, and how he got her cell phone #.
My daughter worked in asset protection for Tarjay at the time, the guy whose car was in the hit and run said that his girlfriend took the car and it must of been her. There was a phone number in a police report where this guy was involved in something at Tarjay and my daughter was the one who filed the police report, which was her job, and they had her name and cell as a call back in this report.
The detective thought that this was the girlfriend's phone number. He had no evidence other than a name, a phone number in a report, and hearsay.
I dunno, shaking my head ... I know you guys get lied to everyday, but really?? When you know your bluffing ... I mean how do you justify calling everyone you deal with a liar and not give the benefit of the doubt.
I have to say, that was the worst experience I've ever had with an individual insisting I was lying when I wasn't. He would not budge. The Chief and Town Mgr were awesome, answered all our questions, and explained it all. They made him apologize to my daughter, and me but even then he was still a first class jerk, he wasn't sorry a bit.
Don't get me wrong, it didn't change how I feel about the jobs you do and the risk you take in doing them, and the appreciation I have when I need it, but it doesn't change how I feel about this individual either. I just shake my head when I see him, he was wonderful in making you feel awful when in fact all the lying was being done on his end.
I dunno I think when you know your bluffing there's a point of going to far.
I would be disgusted with her 
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