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Joined: 08 Feb 2009 Posts: 1310 Location: Western WA

Today I was driving with the Mrs. down a local 2 lane rural road and there was a small traffic backup. As we drove past there were 2 police cars behind a vehicle with the lead officer facing a man standing by the vehicle. The support officer had his AR out. We hastened away. Kind of took a little joy out of a Sunday afternoon drive. LE has to be a difficult job, we don't appreciate what they have to deal with.

Member Joined: 08 Nov 2005 Posts: 3438 Location: Illinois

Most of their time is spent dealing with the lowest forms of humans--

Joined: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 1480 Location: Mpls, MN.

According to a few LEOs I know, the problem is hours of boredom, punctuated by seconds of sheer terror.
It is very difficult to remain in condition yellow with hours or days of complete boredom. Not being in condition yellow makes the jump to condition red all that much tougher.
I couldn't be a cop. I'd kill the first guy I thought deserved it.
I'm at the point where I thank every LEO I cross paths with, and wish a safe shift for them.

Best,
Ted

Joined: 16 Jul 2015 Posts: 2126 Location: Hudson,Wy

Well I had a tense situation Sunday evening. It involved a rattlesnake. I did think it deserved to be shot...and it thusly received said treatment.
The crazy part is that two doves flushed out of range for seemingly no reason when I was still hidden from their little eyes. I guess that they were ready to head to the roost. This was fortunate. Had I shot one it would have likely fallen almost on the snake and my dog or I would have possibly been bitten.
God sure does protect us in ways that we seldom think of. Two minutes earlier I was disappointed with the dove's departure. My how my perspective changed.

Joined: 26 Apr 2010 Posts: 3178 Location: NCWa

Joined: 27 Jan 2016 Posts: 490 Location: Oswego, Kansas

Brewster11 I appreciate the fact that you wanted to get out of the area rather than video the event to share online to be seen by some criminal's lawyer! I have been working as a corrections offer for over 20 years and too often people want to get involved in things that are not what they seem to be.
Yes the majority of the time we are on duty things are boring but when something happens it can get real bad very quickly!

Joined: 15 Mar 2015 Posts: 118 Location: Manhattan KS

Member Joined: 09 Jun 2005 Posts: 885 Location: Wisconsin

Spent 30 yrs. in LE, everything from traffic, dope, to wildlife enforcement. 95% of the folks you deal with are law abiding, decent upright folks, if they violate it is because of ignorance. The reaming 5% breaks down to 3& are occasional intentional violators and the remaining 2% are hardcore. Now to qualify my statement this was from my experience from 58 to 88, now have been retired for 28 years and things have changed, but I'm not sure the percentages have changed much. The statement Ted made about hours of boredom which included a lot of paper work by the way, but the seconds excitement are what made the job for me.

Member Joined: 06 Nov 2005 Posts: 328

Last year on 9/1, a neighbor decided to get drunk and hit his wife. She called 911 and here come the LEOs. 5 cars showed up and all officers had out their arms. Except of course the two who approached the door. Of course the neighbor wouldn't open the door, so the neighborhood was in a difficult situation. No one leaving or returning for the whole afternoon.
I finally approached a LEO and explained the opening of dove season, and could I please leave. And yes there was a shotgun in the vehicle. He chuckled and said he wished he could go with me. Then he let me leave. Since then I have hunted with him twice.