This was in BAD taste. My apologies. I haven't had the best of days.....
[ 01-09-2003, 11:02 PM: Message edited by: shooter1201 ]
[ 01-09-2003, 11:02 PM: Message edited by: shooter1201 ]
quote:Perhaps the fault if there is one, lies with the news media and not the detectives. Frequently in Los Angeles County, cases involving the Sheriff are referred to as "The Police", not Sheriff. Tis despite the fact they were told it is a Sheriff's case.
Originally posted by shooter1201:
*stepping up on a soapbox*
As patrol officers, we write up a LOT of incident reports, issue traffic/ordinance citations.....and make a good deal of arrests. The various detective divisions DEPEND upon patrol officers for MOST of the initial info that they eventually use to make THEIR cases/arrests.
There's nothing like picking up a newspaper and reading about arrests made by the detective division, KNOWING that the reason for the arrests was due in LARGE part to info gleaned by PATROL officers, yet NOWHERE in the article are these patrol officer's efforts acknowledged.
Granted, detectives do a good deal of 'behind the scenes' work, but as most patrol officers know for a FACT, MOST of the individuals arrested are the result of initial work done by patrol officers.
It's enough to make one hesitant about 'sharing info' again....
*stepping down from soapbox*
quote:Detective Division.... what a great concept, I wish we had one of those.
detective divisions DEPEND upon patrol officers
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