On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: >> If you treat all police officers as if they are one of the 'bad' or >> 'corrupt' ones, even a 'good' one might be put off by your attitude. >> There is a way to protect your rights, even from the 'bad' ones, and >> still be respectful and keep the situation safe. > > > Did I just say the same thing as Sam? :D
I wouldn't know. As for how you approach police officers, I think that it differs institutionally versus personally. Institutionally, we should treat officers very well and do our best to make their job as rewarding and worthwhile as possible. They do a tough job and deserve to be treated with respect and admiration as a whole. But there should be a very strong, proactive program for weeding out the bad ones. I have a hard time coming up with anything more dangerous and vile than a bad cop. Pick your choice of quotes: with great power comes great responsibility. Trust but verify. On a person to police officer interaction, simple prudence says that you should approach the situation as if you have the most to lose in any interaction. Keep things calm, don't say anything you don't have to, don't assume that the police officer you are dealing with is on your side. Any encounter has the potential to turn ugly and if it does, you are going to lose. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:327528 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
