[detroitboy]

My wife loves to watch the police video stuff on TV. I refuse, but if she is watching it I won't change the channel. The reason I don't watch it is because the network channels/entertainment gurus or whatever only try to make the the stupid things cops do look even worse. When these videos are on TV I am yelling things at the screen like "that officer should have been written up for doing that", or "he should be fired for not seeing that coming on from the suspect" or "if he worked for me I would have him suspended".
I'm a 25 year veteran with another two years in the Marine Corps to train me how to survive on the streets. The crap you see on TV does not accurately depict how a skilled cop would perform his job....they edit it to make all cops look like assholes. Don't think that me or most of the guys in a uniform would fall for the crap lines you see on TV. And don't think that we're afraid to make a decision to let a guy go on a minor infraction just because he made us laugh. Theres no need to burn everyone over every minor thing that happens. We have no qualms about letting somebody go for a chickencrap traffic violation. Quite often we save that decision to write a violation for some person who trys to insult our intelligience, or says things about our mothers.......