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Actual removals are never done without a court order in my area, and CPS is always involved. Of course, if the situation is urgent/dire, then LE could make the arrest of the parent/guardian and, since we couldn't simply leave a juvenile unsupervised, then we could take the child back to station to await...

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You do, potentially, get into a different realm when it comes to LE freedom of speech because our employer IS the government. While a private employer may or may not be restricted by the 1st Amendment, a government employer is.

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The problems start when departments create policies that restrict freedom of speech off duty that could bring "shame or ridicule" to the department, no matter what the circumstances. More and more often, officers don't even have to identify themselves as LEO's or members of their department...

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I'm not going to address the scoliosis...there's no better advice than what L-1 said.

As for your previous employment, two terminations is going to be a red flag. You didn't mention reasons (and we don't need them), but the BI will look closely at that.

Your military should...

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Agreed. While I think some (many?) agencies are going overboard in censoring their officers in what should be protected under their 1st Amendment rights as private citizens, there have been and always will be certain limits on freedoms. Comments like these that are obviously going to portray the officers...

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Kinda getting the "in my day, I walked uphill to school in 3 feet of snow carrying my brother on my back" vibe, here...

I'm sure it was nice to work in a time where the equipment you carried consisted of a wheelgun, a couple of speedloaders (maybe), a sap, and a pair of handcuffs....

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Havn't seen one in-person but the videos look like a gimmick. I don't get alot of resistings where the suspect stands there at an optimal distance with his arms down to his sides...

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Honestly, I've always gotten a weird cult-like vibe from Crossfit. And, watching them exercise (especially lifting) at such a rapid pace with little regard for form seems to be begging for injury. It's also ungodly expensive compared to any other kind of gym membership in my area.

On the...

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My department bought several boxes of those, too...not only were they lavender, but they tore easily.

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"That guy" is definitely NOT right...he simply took the "old school" mentality and went to the exact opposite extreme. Just as you're not always right because "that's the way it's always been done," it's also not automatically better because it's "new and different."...

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First, compare the whole package from one department to the other...not just pay but benefits, schedule, retirement, etc.

Second, consider the future. Most people can't be a "ghetto cop" forever...there comes a point when chasing thugs through the ghetto loses its appeal and you...

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They're the cheapest (speaking from experience). They are nice around Halloween...you can blow them up and make rubber glove jack-o-lanterns for the office.

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An entire class of troopers cheated on a speed detection test?! [facepalm]

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A letter, documenting the pertinent ordinances under which the firearm is being seized, signed by a judge. Or something as simple as a journal entry from the court ordering the firearm surrendered to the department. That, of course, is all dependent upon your state;s laws.

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Never see it happen myself, but I've spent my entire career in smaller departments...maybe it's more common in large organizations where they have the room to hide someone away in a dark corner. I can think of some situations where your scenario would be a welcome relief just so certain individuals...

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As well it should, but it's happening. Unlike individual officers, municipalities/counties/states aren't FORCED to put their share into the retirement. That's how retirements end up "underfunded"...politicians decide to use the money that should be going into their retirement obligations for...

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Nope, there's no making sense of it. Most of us on here who are sworn LEO's have a drawer full of "thanks but no thanks" letters.

Maybe the department had budget cuts. Maybe the guy whose position they were filling decided not to retire. Maybe the Mayor's nephew applied. Maybe...

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Or, even worse, just letting the pensions go belly-up by refusing to fund them and letting those covered by them hang in the breeze....

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The creation of such a department is, in itself, neither good nor bad. How it's organized and used will establish that. Will they appoint a chief of police with LE experience and the ability to run the department as it should be or will they create an administrative position to oversee the department...

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You'll have to find a department that's willing to look past the "terminated" in your personnel file and dig deeper. And, that's assuming that your previous department doesn't have contradictory documentation that doesn't line up with your viewpoint on your progress before you were terminated....