Fellow LEOs, Add a Group...Types of People/Reactions

[BrickCop He who speaks Truth Find all posts View Profile Close BrickCop]

People tend to be interested upon learning what we do for a living. This usually breaks down along the following groups:

1. "Do you know Officer ___________? He's my second cousin twice removed". It matters not that the cop works for a PD 200 miles away- apparently we all know each other.

2. The "you must have some exciting stories" crowd. You could regale them with tales of battling Space Aliens or nabbing a kid stealing gum at 7-11, it wouldn't matter, either way they're mesmerized.

3. The "I don't like cops" crowd. I see these sad sack types at poker games. They of course got locked up for something they "didn't do" or were cited by a "overzealous" cop just because they were drag racing at 120 mph.

4. The goofball crowd. They'll be the unoriginal morons making donut jokes or exclaim "I didn't do it"! Their intentions are usually harmless but they are too nervous or goofy to act normal when conversing with someone who happens to be a cop.

5. The "let me ask you a question" crowd. Folks in this group are either genuinely curious about a particular law or police procedure or they simply want to get into a p***ing contest about the ones they disagree with.

Those are 5 off the top of my head...any others?

[ptcop531 Forum Member Find all posts View Profile Close ptcop531]

I think you just about got it nailed...

another one.
You're off duty, doing whatever, (shopping, working out, or the like) (or like me, a Reserve Officer, working my full time job), and someone asks, "Hey, what's going on at the park, I saw 2 police cars and an ambulance?" Like you, or I would know, since we are off duty....

[deputy x 2 forum member Find all posts View Profile Close deputy x 2]

6. See the policeman, lil Johnny?..if you don't behave...he'll take you to jail!

Oh that's real nice..make them hate us, as a child.

[PB3021 Forum Member Find all posts View Profile Close PB3021]

6. See the policeman, lil Johnny..if you don't behave...he'll take you to jail!

Oh that's real nice..make them hate us, as a child.

I think I hate that one the most...

[School Cop The .40 Dog Whisperer Find all posts View Profile Close School Cop]

You forgot the most recognizable species: the Wannabe.

7. "Man, that's so cool. I always wanted to be a cop. I used to be an explorer and I did a bunch of ride alongs and this one time, we busted this dope dealer..."

[Smurfette_76 Verbal Sniper Find all posts View Profile Close Smurfette_76]

8. The one that has to tell you about every time THEY have ever encountered a Police Officer. Ever. In their life.

Most are good, law abiding citizens...they just don't seem to know how to talk normally to us.

[ptcop531 Forum Member Find all posts View Profile Close ptcop531]

Another one,
How's the Sheriff doing? Next time you see him, ask him about the time................, Man, that was something!"

At that time, I was a Reserve Deputy with a department that had about 60 deputies on motor patrol, working out of a different building than the Sheriff.
We rarely ever saw him, much less talked to him.....

[deputy x 2 forum member Find all posts View Profile Close deputy x 2]

10. The citizens who expect us to solve their families problems, ten years in the making, in ten minutes.

Here's a band aid.

[BrickCop He who speaks Truth Find all posts View Profile Close BrickCop]

** raises hand** Guilty. So, do you have any good stories to tell?

Yes...

[jakflak jakflak Find all posts View Profile Close jakflak]

11) Can I see your gun?

[LA DEP Molon Labe Find all posts View Profile Close LA DEP]

12) A citizen who expects us to instantly restore order to a situation that went to the crapper 10 years ago.....

[LeanG yes, it really is me... Find all posts View Profile Close LeanG]

13) Why don't/didn't cops shoot the guy in the hand?

Right, in that big adrenaline rush when we fire 6x, and we hit the subject once, it should've been in his shooting hand. We're that good, and the subject is an immobile, paper target.

[Smurfette_76 Verbal Sniper Find all posts View Profile Close Smurfette_76]

14) What do you think about X situation? Was that excessive force? And then proceeds to tell you how they would have done it and how it should have been done, though they have never in their life attempted to restrain someone (much less someone who does NOT want to go to jail)

[Mrs. Hoppes Forum Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mrs. Hoppes]

In my case, it's "Leave them alone, Bethany. They are trying to have breakfast."

Bethany is 3 and is a chatterbox. She goes up to anyone in uniform and starts talking. lol

[BrickCop He who speaks Truth Find all posts View Profile Close BrickCop]

In my case, it's "Leave them alone, Bethany. They are trying to have breakfast."

Bethany is 3 and is a chatterbox. She goes up to anyone in uniform and starts talking. lol

Bethany is part of the only group that I wouldn't mind interrupting lunch for. No BS or hidden agenda!!!