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[FireCop203]

From the sound of your post, you don’t care for him either. Some of those officers have those attitudes because they don’t expect rookies be around too long. Why get too friendly if they’re going to be gone any day now?

He may may be trying to push your buttons to see what you can...

[FireCop203]

My state law says that an officer can stop, stand, park, start, turn and speed irrespective of any ordinance as long as you use “due regard for the safety of others.” In the pursuit of a suspect.

The biggest problem around here is that officers “overlook” the pursuit of a suspect...

[FireCop203]

Age 15 from AZ. I didn’t bother to check the OP’s info first....

[FireCop203]

A police vehicle, especially one that isn’t a take home vehicle isn’t in very good condition in a very short time. Take home vehicles usually last longer because if a breakage is caused by carelessness or stupidity, they know who did it.

When I got my last vehicle, it had 7 miles on...

[FireCop203]

i used those in my early days. I didn’t have a lot of money for extra equipment but I wanted more ammo. I bought some speed loaders and carried three with two of the rounds of each loader inside those loops. Three loaders plus six rounds in the loops, 24 on the belt and six in the pistol.
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[FireCop203]

I used to ride bikes (recreationally) years ago. I had a couple of close calls and decided it was time to walk away. Then, the midlife crisis hit and a friend sold me his Harley Softail. I ran across some YouTube videos with Police Motorcycle Rodeo competitions. Those guys were impressive on bigger...

[FireCop203]

Without those moments, none of us would have ever had jobs. Think back at all the stupid stuff we’ve all responded to and when it’s over, all we can do is say WTF and shake our heads....

[FireCop203]

It does. In my early days while working for the FD, I was a police officer in a neighboring city on my days off. My last seven years on the FD I was a Fire Marshal. We were required to be FF, EMT and State Certified as a police officer. 203 was my district and number as a FM.

When I applied...