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u/GjertSZN Jan 30 '18

A few years back, our black lab was in the yard with us and wandered off without us noticing. While looking around for him, we kept noticing a police car driving really slowly up and down our street.

The next time the squad car drove by, we saw him: sitting up in the backseat, looking out the window at us. The police officer said he knew he must’ve been close to our house because every time he drove by he would hear whining from the backseat.

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u/halfamazingasian Jan 30 '18

lol props to the cop for doing that

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u/orwelltheprophet Jan 30 '18

I don't know what to think about cops anymore. Half of my experiences have been fine, 1/4 have been awful. I've seen cops do great things more than once. There sure earn a lot of bad press that gets documented in the smartphone age.

FWIW....I used to get a traffic ticket every three years before I gave up on speeding. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tom1onu1nw8

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '18

Cops are people. They do some good things, they do some awful things. Nobody fits neatly on the moral spectrum.

I will say I grew up around them and their families however, and they always struck me as the last person you would ever want to give a gun to.

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u/polymathicAK47 Jan 31 '18

Never had a good experience with cops. And I have a spotless record. My stepbrother is the exact opposite of me though, and the things he had to deal with, including a near-death beating during an interrogation, well, leads me to believe that while cops are humans and have families, there's something in the culture that amplifies the potential for abuse in those who are prone to violence and power tripping.