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MasterPaladin said:
anything much over a 10mm has to much kick. We were tought to fire in 2 to 3 shots rapid over a 10mm the kick is going to throw the shot off to much and you might hit something or someone you don't want to. I like the 9mm with semi jacket hollow point. You also don't want it to go through and still have enough force to kill that round usually will stop when it hits.
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I don't understand. Do you want to kill the perp or just put him out of commision, temporarily ?
Aren't hollow points deadly ?
 
We shoot to stop but are taught to aim for center mass the largest part of the body chest area the reason for hollow points is so you don't injure innocent people by having the bullet pass through the person , hollow points yes are more deadly but they have more stopping power. Aiming for the legs or shooting the gun out of a perps hand is a movie or tv thing, it's hard enough trying to hit a moving target much less something that is a 6 by 6 inch square and if you miss your gonna take a bullet in your chest or head. A police officer here is taught you don't shoot unless the perp is using deadly physical force against you or another person to go a step further the deadly physical force can NOT be a vehicle, the thought there is shoot him for that and you have an out of control vehicle of course there are exceptions but I can be here all day explaining them lol.
 
Forgive me if this has been asked already.

Were there ever moments when you doubted the abilities of the force? I mean factors like budget, corrupt cops, high levels of crime...ect
 
abilities for what your pretty much on your own when your out there except for your partner. In NYC every car has 2 officers there are no one man cars. every department has their share of corruption but it's not widespread enough for it to be a problem for a Good Police Officer to do his job properly.
 
Ohio has a "Castle Law."

I keep a firearm by my bed in the event of a break in that my dog doesn't take care of first.

How unnerving is it for an officer to enter a person's home where there are weapons in plain view (displayed or propped against a wall).
 
Is there ever a situation where you get issued automatic weapons if you're not a member of a SWAT team? Would you ever be tempted to bullet your name into a wall if you were issued with an automatic weapon?
 
Mz Chaos said:
Ohio has a "Castle Law."

I keep a firearm by my bed in the event of a break in that my dog doesn't take care of first.

How unnerving is it for an officer to enter a person's home where there are weapons in plain view (displayed or propped against a wall).
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anyone who knows we are coming and has a weapon in plain view 99 percent of the time has a lic for it but even so it depends on what kind of a call I am going on if it was an attempted burg I would be very at ease if it was a family dispute it would bother me to the point I would take it and voucher it let the judge give it back.
 
Mister Scruff said:
Is there ever a situation where you get issued automatic weapons if you're not a member of a SWAT team? Would you ever be tempted to bullet your name into a wall if you were issued with an automatic weapon?
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first off you have to qualify with every weapon you carry so no there not gonna get issued and second you can't bullet your name the term cut you in half is for the movies and tv shows. Any time you fire a fully automatic weapon you fire in 3 shot blasts any more the bullets are scattered all over the place. For example if you fire it hold the trigger and move the gun left to right the bullets will be about 20 inches apart. It is quite impossible to bullet a name with a real automatic weapon.
 
I really enjoy this thread. Keep it up.

And on a sad note, I'm very, very sorry to hear about the deaths of your colleagues. It is simply unbelievable to me that 17 policemen and women have died in your tenure.
 
I will for as long as it lasts as with all else people may loose interest but it was my life well for 20 years anyway
 
I have a question Master Paladin.

How do you think the US Police (in general) compares with Police Authorities around the world?

Compared with Britain I sometimes think the US Police must be more strict in some cases (on drugs for example) and less strict in others (drink driving for example).

What is good about the US Police and what is less good. Are you the best in the world and if so - why? If not, why not? Is there anything you feel could be learnt from other forces around the world?

Looking forward to your answer, 🙂
 
By pooling all the departments together your putting some pretty elite units and departments in the mix for example the FBI. The FBI has to be the most advanced in the world though I have never really studied many other departments. They have a forensics section that would blow your mind. Just to state one of their abilities, if you ever needed the police to dust for prints every department in the us will tell you they can't lift a print from paper the FBI can.
Every state has their own problems and that is what influences weather they go hard on a crime or are more laid back. In NYC a police officer answers approximately 60,000 jobs in his 20 years with the police department and at the end of 20 years is still every so often confronted with a job he has never handled before so the learning process continues , bearing that in mind in my opinion police in big cities have an edge over all the rest due to experience.
Going world wide with this is almost impossible for me to answer as I just don't know enough about other departments but I would say there would be something to learn. They may handle a job that you also handle and they might have a better way of doing it. There is always something to learn. As far as better world wide there is no better or worse they have different problems to deal with. I would have to compare with each country separately I mean how can you put English Bobbies in a group with a country like Bogata in south America which is a military dictatorship.
To give a broad Idea there are better trained police around the world than the US and I am only speaking of the departments that I know about.
I hope I have answered your question.
 
Good answer. Different departments have different issues to deal with. So simple, yet I never thought of that.

A second question - how much power should the police have, and should we (in general) have more police, or less police on our streets (and in offices, control toers, tracking our movements and reading our e-mails)
 
more police is always better for the safety of the public as far as power some states give them to much and there untouchable and some tie their hands and ask them to do a good job. That is all up to the voting public unfortunately we have a lot of bleeding heart liberals that want safe streets and don't want to give the police the power to do it then ask why were they mugged or robbed. I often think how would they feel if I came and caught the guy robbing them and let him go cause I didn't want to abuse my authority and forceably cuff him. People have to learn ....What is Important to you? They should ask themselves that question then empower the police to do that job.

This I didn't understand (and in offices, control toers, tracking our movements and reading our e-mails)
 
MasterPaladin said:
This I didn't understand (and in offices, control toers, tracking our movements and reading our e-mails)
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Maybe that would appeal to Britain-only.

We are monitored around the clock by CCTV operators, watching our every move on cameras in a control tower. They obviously can't see everything, and sometimes they miss major crimes, but the thought of being watched is what concerns the law-abiding citizen (me). Some of these cameras even have a microphone attached to them, so that CCTV operators can speak to people on the public streets from far away. This is usually to control the person on the street. There is no way of speaking back to the CCTV operator.

Our e-mails will be stored in a big database and government is taking away our civl liberties.

Our movements are tracked with technology. Car license plates can be read and tracked as we travel the motorways, and there are plans to extend this so that the details of every car travelling on every road is stored somewhere.

Our DNA is kept in databases for life and major files are being kept on more and more citizens of the UK.

Does this make me safer - Yes. It can deter some crime.
Does this make me more comfortable - No. I feel as though I am constantly under surveillence, which is true. I am always on a camera somewhere.
Does this concern me - Yes. What if the government was to decide that tying people up and tickling them (whether they consent or not) is intolerable. They would have the means to control me utterly.
 
that sounds like big brother. I know our government can see the streets from the telescopes they have in space I watched a whole program on it but that can be considered and illegal intrusion on your privacy like phone taps are.
 
This is kind of interesting. Did you ever go out on a call where a perpetrator broke into a womens house for the purpose of tickling her feet ?
I mean, he still broke the law, but would you feel a little sympathetic empathy for him? or would you have to make a distinction between your job and a fetish ?
 
no that never happened not to me or anyone I know anyway. Now if it did I would lock him up and as they say throw the book at him want him to get jail time, this for not inviting me.
lol
 
MP, I know you're a retired New York Police Officer, and what I'm about to ask happened in L.A. You may have heard about Anaheim Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart, and two other people, being killed in a hit and run drunk driving accident in California early this morning. The driver who hit the car they were riding in ran away, and was caught up to by police. My question is: What penalty would the person receive for this? If you wouldnt know about California law, then what would happen to them in New York, if such occurred, and they ran away from an accident where they were drunk, and their actions while DUI, resulted in a crash which killed three people? Thanks.

Mitch
 
Excess said:
Where'd the stereotype about donuts come from?
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Funny thing about the donut stereotype. The local officers I befriended while working at a convenience store hardly ever touched the donuts. They'd always eat healthy--fruits, nuts, etc. Ironically, it was the others guys--the gangbangers, crackheads, and con artists--who always gravitated towards the junk food.

No wonder they always get caught in my town.
 
Help, please 🙁

Okay so today a cop pulled me over for crossing a yellow line.

Instead he said he was being helpful by giving me a ticket for "failure to stay right."

The street was really narrow plus I had never driven in that town ever which I explained to him.

It's $85 and 2 points, I already have 2 from October 2007.


Should I just pay and that's it? Is it worth any fighting? I really can't go when the court date is.

Besides that I have almost no money, I'm very close to emptying my bank account.
 
Musicroxmysox said:
Help, please 🙁

Okay so today a cop pulled me over for crossing a yellow line.

Instead he said he was being helpful by giving me a ticket for "failure to stay right."

The street was really narrow plus I had never driven in that town ever which I explained to him.

It's $85 and 2 points, I already have 2 from October 2007.


Should I just pay and that's it? Is it worth any fighting? I really can't go when the court date is.

Besides that I have almost no money, I'm very close to emptying my bank account.
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I'm sorry I didn't see this sooner but what state did it happen in ? You should be able to reschedule and most states will do a payment plan .
He did over the line could be considered driving against traffic.
 
Mitchell said:
MP, I know you're a retired New York Police Officer, and what I'm about to ask happened in L.A. You may have heard about Anaheim Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart, and two other people, being killed in a hit and run drunk driving accident in California early this morning. The driver who hit the car they were riding in ran away, and was caught up to by police. My question is: What penalty would the person receive for this? If you wouldnt know about California law, then what would happen to them in New York, if such occurred, and they ran away from an accident where they were drunk, and their actions while DUI, resulted in a crash which killed three people? Thanks.

Mitch
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I missed this to sorry... there are a # of charges here vehicular assault ,vehicular homicide, DUI, Leaving the scene Likely to die in short the driver is going to see jail and may be in for quite a while
 
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