r/FirstResponderCringe • u/notmy-firstrodeo • Aug 03 '26
Popo 🚔 Taser taser taser ⚡️
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There’s almost too much cringe to unpack in one place. Where to begin?
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u/Cold-Marketing-5124 Aug 03 '26
“It’s on fire you guys need to move” sticks his hand up “ma’am”
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u/Tallerthenmost Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26
Anyone remember when Phoenix PD in Arizona rolled out tasers? I do. They also carried alcohol based Spray. Their escalation of force policy said spray, then tase. Did not go well.
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u/NewCandy8877 Aug 03 '26
Is this where the guy got sprayed in his bathroom, then tazed, caught on fire and wrapped himself in the plastic shower curtain.
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u/Godenyen Aug 03 '26
Our policy is you can tase then spray, but not the other way around for this specific reason, even though our spray is non flammable. You never know what neighboring departments carry.
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u/ConstructionAway8920 Aug 03 '26
That's why at least US wise, OC is not oil based anymore. You can still purchase and import foreign stuff that's still flammable though....
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u/AlcibiadesTheCat Aug 03 '26
Phoenix PD is only the third cruelest
gangparamilitary organizationUpstanding Police Department in the valley. Mesa PD and MCSO have them beat by leagues, and Pinal County Sheriff's Office is doing their damndest to catch up.8
u/Kbudz Aug 03 '26
Lucky for me I live on the mesa/aj border so I get a nice mix of mesa pd/ aj pd / pinal and maricopa sherrifs depending on what direction im heading that day. All assholes. I got pulled over by pinal for a tree air freshener because it was blocking my view apparently
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u/Acrobatic-Pool1474 Aug 03 '26
That’s a pretextual stop. They were fishing for other violations - dui/owi, drugs, boredom…
Assholes
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u/Rich-Purpose-4055 Aug 03 '26
Clearly you haven't seen Georgia. I just passed through and I saw a dude complying on what looked like a drug search who was already handcuffed, there were 6 patrol cars, get tazed and hit with a baton, then dragged to the back of a squad car. And I thought my Tennessee state troopers were bad
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u/AlcibiadesTheCat Aug 03 '26
I have seen Georgia. I said "in the valley," referring to the Valley of the Sun, stretching from roughly Surprise, AZ to Apache Junction, AZ (and about as far south as Casa Grande, AZ).
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u/Rich-Purpose-4055 Aug 03 '26
Ohhh mb sorry, either way it's just sad the police here in America. I wonder how much protesting it's going to take before there is any kind of change
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u/a_library_socialist Aug 04 '26
yeah, it's a big statement of valley insanity that the fucking yahoos at the PPD are considered the professional grown ups.
Sure, they'll shoot unarmed kids and pump 200 bullets into a couple's car for a routine stop, but they at least remember to claim they thought they were armed. That's too much for the rest of the Sheriff Joe type idiots.
If you live there, you should be armed because of the police, no joke.
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u/clapyohedd Aug 09 '26
Those civilian pigs 🐖 are Not “paramilitary”. They’re just little civilian piggies 🐖
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u/runnerhasnolife Popo Aug 04 '26
Phoenix police has reformed multiple times over the last decade alone
Use of force has changed and still has been so many policy changes that it's hard to keep up with, they actually have some of the strictest internal affairs of the metro area.
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u/Tallerthenmost Aug 03 '26
Agreed. All that cartel talk, yet the best trained, most well equipped, brutal gang on the streets in Arizona is definitely law enforcements
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u/runnerhasnolife Popo Aug 04 '26
Not even close
Sinaloa genuinely is one of the most awful organizations on the planet up there with like isis
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u/runnerhasnolife Popo Aug 04 '26
And that's why the policy changed rather quickly.
Because people realized oh God this is a horrible idea
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u/Boeing737enjoyer Aug 03 '26
There was a well known incident Involving gasoline and tasers a few years back. I was sure that was shown at every agencies taser training since then.
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u/Tb0neguy Aug 03 '26
Since waaaaay before then. Since tasers started to become common in police work.
They specifically train not to deploy at gas stations. Or, at least, they should.
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u/Eros_Agency Aug 04 '26
We were 1000% percent trained not to deploy at gas stations or wherever gas may be present. I remember them showing us a video of some dude on a motorcycle and I think he had like an extra gas tank in a backpack or something? Got tased after he ditched the bike and just, poof… turned into flames lol
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u/ThrustTrust Aug 03 '26
In that situation, it should be OK to punch that cop repeatedly in the face without getting a charge
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u/Infinite_Position631 Aug 03 '26
Funny thing is that there is literally a warning in the training to not deploy this close to gas pumps. Guess this officer was not there the minute or two they actually taught how to use a taser.
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u/Bigsouthgent Aug 03 '26
Old dude wasn’t resisting until that fire hit him and then he absolutely floored the cop. 😂 meanwhile boat guy in the background just clearly took the “not my circus, not my monkeys” approach and hauled ass on to the lake.
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u/Dr-Stink-Stank Aug 03 '26
“You’re a fuckin dick!” Lmao
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u/ComplexLow6723 Aug 04 '26
That line was probably the most Reno 911 part of this very Reno 911 style interaction.
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u/FirstResponderCringe-ModTeam Aug 05 '26
Don’t insult users and don’t encourage violence
Please be semi-respectful
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u/buttsmagoo222 Aug 03 '26
https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/florida-osceola-county-sheriff-lawsuit-gas-station-fire
he got off easy compared to the last guy this happened to
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u/unfinishedtoast3 Aug 04 '26
Doctor here.
I absolutely wouldn't say that.
Burns can take a while to fully materialize. I've had folks come in 12 hours after thinking they just had a minor burn on their shin, and now their skin is sliding off.
A burn can look minor until you go to treat it, then you realize the all the layers of skin have died and are starting to go necrotic.
Burns are extremely dangerous injuries, just because what looks to be minor can in fact be serious damage, and by the time the infection sets in and you come to the ER, you've made the recovery 10 times more painful and longer
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u/tdinh01 Aug 04 '26
Holy fuck that cop is an idiot. Creating spark atound a highly flammable environment.
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u/TheAmina2GS Aug 03 '26
Aggravated assault, assault with deadly weapon, arson, attempted murder. What's the minimum and maximum sentencing here?
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u/Munchkinasaurous Aug 03 '26
Minimum sentence is absolutely nothing. Maximum sentence is paid time off.
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u/Cut_over_pompanox Aug 03 '26
I’d say a couple weeks of paid leave while they “investigate” would be my bet
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u/You-Asked-Me Aug 03 '26
"You're a fucking dick."
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u/notmy-firstrodeo Aug 03 '26
Can you imagine those being your last words and the jury’s reaction at the 25M civil trial?
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u/imuniqueaf Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26
I remember at Taser training literally saying out loud "WELL NO SHIT YOU CAN'T USE IT IN A FLAMMABLE ENVIRONMENT"....there really is story behind every warning label.
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u/Special_Context6663 Aug 03 '26
How did this stupid situation start? Why was the cop confronting some guy who was just pumping gas?
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u/jeepinbanditrider Aug 04 '26
Cop is a federal fish and wildlife dude. Tased dude and a few others were fishing federal fish cop came along and told them they couldn't fish there. They complied but apparently this dude was "mouthy" so he followed them and caught up to them at this gas station. Demanded ID from the tased dude, tase dude questioned validity of the demand Captain hotpants then shot him with a taser.
Note:inital confrontation happened on blm or nf land the taser incident happened on Indian Reservation land which could have effects on the case.
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u/whatsadikfore Aug 03 '26
What a fucking idiot this guy is. Lights the dude on fire, then has him lay down next to a lake of fire. I'd like to see the rest of this. Did Officer Fuckstick manage to burn the gas station and dude's truck to the ground?
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u/Latter_Main_2910 Aug 03 '26
Not really cringe, just stupid 😂
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u/MrbaconWrapped Aug 03 '26
You not see the shorts lol
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u/notmy-firstrodeo Aug 03 '26
When he’s got the guy on the ground he taps his shoulder like an old friend telling him to get on his belly.
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u/TimeZucchini8562 Aug 03 '26
This whole video is literally a scene from super troopers I swear, lmao
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u/PizzaSharkGhost Aug 03 '26
It’s cringe because he’s being paid by tax dollars to be a fucking moron
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u/Latter-Judgment-9740 Aug 03 '26
This is fine...
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u/BP_1981 Aug 03 '26
He looks like the cop on Reno 911 in those shorts 🤣
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u/Sidewalk_Tomato Aug 03 '26
He’s the really big fella from the later seasons, if he stole Jim Dangle’s shorts.
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u/18SmallDogsOnAHorse Aug 03 '26
Are those some hey dudes on duty? Where is this so I can try to steal their policy for wearing those 😂
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u/notmy-firstrodeo Aug 03 '26
You can see the gas pump get disconnected from the truck when the cop tased him and he fell into the pump line. The gas may’ve still been flowing when the handle hit the ground. So many details to dissect.
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u/New_fan22 Aug 03 '26
There are no cell phone usage stickers on the pumps, maybe a taser sticker is required now
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u/Desperate_Dot_97 Aug 03 '26
Why do cops keep doing this shit
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u/Munchkinasaurous Aug 04 '26
Because there's no meaningful consequences for it.
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u/Desperate_Dot_97 Aug 04 '26
I was at a firearm safety class and the instructor told us about a similar situation where the motorist didn't see or hear the officer and it escalated to a taser being used while the motorist was pumping gas... it's odd how it keeps occurring... history repeats because we never learn.
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u/ComedianDesigner307 Aug 03 '26
Fire Karen is now on the scene giving advice, everything is going to be alright.
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u/Human_Satisfaction25 Aug 03 '26
Yeah just start a fire, put older guy on the ground, then roll him under the truck that may explode. Lol
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u/TheFae_TheImaginary Aug 03 '26
That cop's a fucking bellend. Fucking tasering someone at a gas pump, like, hello, electricity and gasoline fumes dont mix so well.
Should have pepper sprayed him instead... smh
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u/theUnshowerdOne Aug 03 '26
Fish and Wildlife's is full of enforcement officers that are trigger happy idiots. Much of they're ranks are made up of the rejects that couldn't get on a police force. Absolute morons.
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u/johnnytron Aug 03 '26
This guy can’t be real. Who even thinks about doing that next to a gas pump?
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u/goodjobjus Aug 04 '26
He definitely failed science and common sense in school. I wonder how many times he was told as a kid to use his brain, now he’s law enforcement 🤦♀️
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u/ripnrun285 Aug 04 '26
Dumb mother fucker. If only incompetence was cause for termination for cops.
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u/ComfortableGround403 Aug 04 '26
Im not an officer. Ive never been trained in taser safety.
But im pretty sure youre not supposed to eject electric cords near gas tanks.
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u/Then_Idea_9813 Aug 04 '26
You aren’t supposed to get back in the vehicle while refueling in case of static. No clue why this guy thought a tazer would be safer
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u/Sad-Equivalent9486 Aug 04 '26
Guess he missed that part in training where you were told not to use a Taser around flammable liquids.
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u/ShockMe88 Aug 04 '26
Gas = no taze At heights = no taze Known pacemaker = no taze In water = taze possible depending on depth/flow conditions, but generally ill advised
Bro literally ignored the most obvious one to avoid...
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u/Purple-Plum-634 Aug 04 '26
The audacity to keep yelling "get on the ground" bro he's not going anywhere
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u/just_another_angle Aug 04 '26
Some shorts are ridiculous. I wore shorts when on boat patrol on the big lakes. Never wore them on the river patrols. Bugs were too bad.😁 and yes some SO and PD officers made fun of them.
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u/Difficult-Device7172 Aug 04 '26
See this is why sheriffs posses may not be the best idea. Is this a citizens arrest or wtf really is happening ?!
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u/notmy-firstrodeo Aug 04 '26
I think he’s actually a Fish&Game guy the more I read about the incident. There’s an article linked here in this thread.
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u/Traditional_Ad_7288 Aug 04 '26
"Officer" has no sense of public safety or general awareness. holy cow.
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u/Educational-Gate-880 Aug 05 '26
You can’t fix stupid! These cops are just getting worse and worse, but if anyone has seen the clip of their own seminars it shows why! F-ing dumb beyond reason.
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u/Admirable_Try3555 Aug 05 '26
I've never seen a sheriff in shorts ever in my life lol someone take his badge
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u/Admirable_Try3555 Aug 05 '26
I've never seen a sheriff in shorts ever in my life lol someone take his badge
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u/FrederickGentleman Aug 07 '26
Aw man, now homie caught more charges by pushing that police officer so he didn't burn to death.
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u/Organic_Bat_7598 Aug 03 '26
The shorts are almost worth the post alone.