Any new information on the LCB Enforcement Officer?

[tanksoldier]

You know what? I will edit it. Better?

Baltimore is also hiring, if anyone really wants to be hung out to dry you now have two options.......

[tanksoldier]

Snapshot from Snohimish County's 2016 printed report. They have 270-ish sworn. You decide:

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[tanksoldier]

Last post if a couple years old. Anything new?

[tanksoldier]

That is arrestable in CO but I've never arrested for just that.

[tanksoldier]

SIG P320 subcompact, also my on-duty backup...

[tanksoldier]

Benchmade Infidel an a Ka-Bar TDI...

[tanksoldier]

...and another dum bass added to the ignore list.

[tanksoldier]

Nowhere did I suggest that.



What advantage is gained by a Sergeant, or a peer, telling somebody "Save that for off duty."?

You can't write people up for it, you have to change the command climate and eventually the culture of the department.
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[tanksoldier]

Exactly, You're looking for a commendation for who daddy and granddaddy was.

You're a fool....

[tanksoldier]

Then what's the question? Your behavior was suspicious so you were stopped.

Turns out you weren't doing anything seriously illegal, beyond speeding, so you were let go.



...and the officer knows that by telepathy I suppose?...

[tanksoldier]

Translation: Previous Chiefs caused it.

What you're talking about is known in the military as command climate. The unwritten rules about what is acceptable and is not, the example leaders set for the troops, all that sort of thing. The example of previous chiefs obviously made this behavior...

[tanksoldier]

...because that isn't doing the job....

[tanksoldier]

True, which is why people work there and retire from there then move somewhere else with a lower cost of living....

[tanksoldier]

Really? This is how NPR does its programming?

Doubtful.

[tanksoldier]

We have about 18 patrol slots and are usually 2-3 short... and we lose 2-3 per year in turnover.

We have a wide gap in seniority. Either people have been here 10+ years or less than 4... but even many of the 10+ guys have tried to move on at some point, they just weren't successful or have...

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Our jail staff does it on a digital machine. If we request a rush from CBI they can come back in 4-6 hours... but an investigation doesn't usually justify a rush. The only time I've used it was on a warrant with identity theft involved. We weren't sure if we had arrested the suspect or the victim of...

[tanksoldier]

That's exactly what they are for. The department owns the video not you. It will only ever be used to help you if it helps the department.

Also, once there is video of an incident your word is worthless. If it isn't on video or audio it didn't happen....

[tanksoldier]

I plan on buying one, doing an ATF Form 4 and them putting a collapsible stock on it.

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If we believed the story every suspect told us we wouldn't get much done....